The Stuart Young Foundation

Analysis

The Stuart Young Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Stuart Young Foundation reported income of £173k and spending of £116k, leaving 33% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £30k to £173k (+473%), an average of +55% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 331%. Over the whole period it spent 184% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Stuart Young Foundation sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chaim Charitable Company Limited (£173k), Eastside Community Heritage (£173k) and Together Liverpool (£173k).