The Stanley Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Stanley Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Salford. It was registered in November 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, 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 individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Stanley Charitable Trust reported income of £29k and spending of £75k, spending 262% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £67k to £29k (-57%), an average of -19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 79% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Stanley Charitable Trust sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Community Church Exmouth (£29k), Iqra Welfare Association (£29k) and Help International (£29k).