Province of Staffordshire and Shropshire Mark Benevolent Association

Analysis

Province of Staffordshire and Shropshire Mark Benevolent Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shropshire. It was registered in December 1972, 54 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Province of Staffordshire and Shropshire Mark Benevolent Association reported income of £11k and spending of £15k, spending 142% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £8,063 to £11k (+32%), an average of +7.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 99%. Over the whole period it spent 77% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Province of Staffordshire and Shropshire Mark Benevolent Association sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Brimpton Baptist Church (£11k), Drukpa UK (£11k) and Ashill Welfare Charity (£11k).