The Stowmarket Relief Trust

Analysis

The Stowmarket Relief Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Suffolk. It was registered in May 1986, 40 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The Stowmarket Relief Trust reported income of £65k and spending of £37k, leaving 43% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £76k to £65k (-15%), an average of -4.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2025, when income dropped by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Stowmarket Relief Trust sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Phelan-Mcdermid Syndrome Foundation UK (£65k), The Light of the World Gospel Hall Community Church (£65k) and The Sayce James Charitable Trust (£65k).