The Vickers Staff Charitable Fund

Analysis

The Vickers Staff Charitable Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leeds. It was registered in July 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending October 2025, The Vickers Staff Charitable Fund reported income of £78k and spending of £81k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income fell from £1.5m to £78k (-95%), an average of -52% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2022, when income dropped by 98%. Over the whole period it spent 45% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Vickers Staff Charitable Fund sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Eagle Christian Fellowship (£78k), Ellador Limited (£78k) and Wadi Howar Welfare Trust (£78k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.