Edward Stocks-Massey Bequest Fund

Analysis

Edward Stocks-Massey Bequest Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Burnley. It was registered in November 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Edward Stocks-Massey Bequest Fund reported income of £35k and spending of £48k, spending 138% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £23k to £35k (+50%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 157% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Edward Stocks-Massey Bequest Fund sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Michael Herbert Memorial Hall (£35k), Oxford Youth Choirs (£35k) and The Congleton Amateur Youth Theatre (£35k).

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.