St Stephen Society

Analysis

St Stephen Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in September 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, St Stephen Society reported income of £98k and spending of £81k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £71k to £98k (+38%), an average of +8.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 173%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, St Stephen Society sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Exodus Travels Foundation (£98k), J P Team International (£98k) and The Charity Estate (£98k).