Stobart Newlands Charitable Trust

Analysis

Stobart Newlands Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wigton. It was registered in December 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Stobart Newlands Charitable Trust reported income of £1.2m and spending of £672k, leaving 44% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.1m to £1.2m (+4.1%), an average of +1.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 67% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Stobart Newlands Charitable Trust sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Belmont Abbey General CIO (£1.2m), Abu Haneefa Educational Trust (£1.2m) and Lifeline Church (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 97% and investments 2.5%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £671k. Reserves of £2.2m would cover about 39 months of spending at that rate.