STEPHENS AND GEORGE CENTENARY CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1146009 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Our core aim is to raise Literacy Standards in Merthyr Tydfil and the valleys . Poor literacy means that young people do not gain the life chances they deserve and as a result have limited job and career prospects. The Trust achieves this through numerous initiatives in the community and its Bursary and internship programme.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£198k
Latest spending
£348k
Registered
2012
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £150,576 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £548,783 to £398,207. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Donations in kind from Stephens & George Print Group Ltd, including staff time and office accommodation, were received but could not be quantified.
“Various donations in kind have also been received from Stephens & George Print Group Ltd, including that of staff time and office accommodation. It is impossible to quantify the value of these donations, and they have not been included within the accounts.” — page 35
“Included in other debtors £718 is the cash of charity banked into the S&G account for safeguarding purposes. This has been repaid post year end.” — page 35
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: £718 cash was banked into the charity account for safeguarding purposes by S&G and repaid post year end.
“Various donations in kind have also been received from Stephens & George Print Group Ltd, including that of staff time and office accommodation. It is impossible to quantify the value of these donations, and they have not been included within the accounts.” — page 35
“Included in other debtors £718 is the cash of charity banked into the S&G account for safeguarding purposes. This has been repaid post year end.” — page 35
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Stephens and George Charitable Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2022)

Total income
£500k
Total spending
£295k
Reserves (reported)
£288k
Employees
4

Reported reserves equal ~11.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£198k£348k
31/03/2024£214k£448k
31/03/2023£274k£340k
31/03/2022£500k£295k
31/03/2021£604k£250k

Common questions

Is STEPHENS AND GEORGE CENTENARY CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £150,576 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £548,783 to £398,207. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund17/12/2025£20kDowlas Railway café
UK government31/01/2022£2k#NaturDowlaisCommunityCentre
The National Lottery Heritage Fund31/01/2022£3k"#NaturDowlaisCommunityCentre"
The National Lottery Community Fund17/09/2020£70kCovid19 Dowlais Community supporting a Community in Need. Driven by the Communit
The National Lottery Community Fund08/06/2020£10kCOVID-19 - Community Outreach supporting a community in Need
UK government20/05/2020£3kVSCE CMC Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund12/11/2019£10kBaby Book Worm
The National Lottery Community Fund21/09/2018£9kSpread the Word Festival
The National Lottery Community Fund02/02/2017£3kSpread the Word
The National Lottery Community Fund21/06/2015£5kYouth News Summer Club

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SHRUBLANDS YOUTH AND ADULT CENTRE CHARITABLE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
STEPHENS AND GEORGE CENTENARY CHARITABLE TRUST£198k—0unclear—no doubt
SHRUBLANDS YOUTH AND ADULT CENTRE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£281k—0unclear—noted
IQRA NEWPORT TRUST FY2025£169k—0unclear—no doubt
BROADOAK AND SMALLSHAW COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£100k—0unclear—no doubt
PICKET TWENTY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£102k—0unclear—no doubt
THE COOKE E-LEARNING FOUNDATION FY2025£551k—0below76.7%no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.