M and S Storfer Charitable Trust

Analysis

M and S Storfer Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 1981, 45 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, M and S Storfer Charitable Trust reported income of £1.8m and spending of £233k, leaving 87% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £108k to £1.8m (+1576%), an average of +102% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 3645%. Over the whole period it spent 32% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, M and S Storfer Charitable Trust sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Renewal Church (£1.8m), Wirral Mind (£1.8m) and Derwent Rural Counselling Service (£1.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 0.3%. Grants to other organisations totalled £225k.