The Stopfordian Trust

Analysis

The Stopfordian Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stockport. It was registered in September 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Stopfordian Trust reported income of £18k and spending of £21k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £12k to £18k (+51%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Stopfordian Trust sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wolverhampton Grammar School 1958 Appeal Fund (£18k), The Vacational Studies Foundation (£18k) and Kings Meadow School Parent Teacher Association (£18k).