The Stansmore Trust

Analysis

The Stansmore Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Alton. It was registered in March 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, 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 December 2025, The Stansmore Trust reported income of £18k and spending of £94k, spending 528% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £21k to £18k (-16%), an average of -4.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 350% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Stansmore Trust sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Georges Windmills (£18k), Helping Hands CIO (£18k) and Derwent Valley Bridge (£18k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.