The Stoller Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Stoller Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oldham. It was registered in September 1982, 44 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 organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Stoller Charitable Trust reported income of £1.6m and spending of £2.7m, spending 168% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £2.7m to £1.6m (-39%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income dropped by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 163% 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 Stoller Charitable Trust sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Harrow Club (£1.6m), The Boparan Charitable Trust (£1.6m) and The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare (£1.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 66%, donations and legacies 30% and investments 4.1%. Charitable activities took 52% of spending and raising funds 45%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.4m. Reserves of £5.5m would cover about 23 months of spending at that rate. It employed 57 people.