ROBERT STEPHENSON'S CHARITIES

Registered charity 230795 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE STEPHENSON TRUST

To provide for the maintenance of priests, support of the poor and education of children within the area specified in the Trust Deed.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£167k

Latest spending

£141k

Registered

1965

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves total £2,072,414, which meets the trustees' policy target of six months' expenditure excluding charitable donations. The charity reported a net loss of £85,621 for the year, primarily due to costs associated with obtaining planning permissions and selling a property, though investment values increased significantly. 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

Reserves policy: six months expenditure, excluding charitable donations (held: £2.1m)

“The trustees’ target for the level of reserves not invested in tangible fixed assets is to be a minimum of 6 months expenditure, excluding charitable donations” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Simon Francis Riddellchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Belinda Elizabeth Hornyold-Strickland
Rev Pollock Hugh

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2026	£167k	£141k
05/04/2025	£144k	£229k
05/04/2024	£154k	£165k
05/04/2023	£164k	£136k
05/04/2022	£126k	£139k

Common questions

Is ROBERT STEPHENSON'S CHARITIES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves total £2,072,414, which meets the trustees' policy target of six months' expenditure excluding charitable donations. The charity reported a net loss of £85,621 for the year, primarily due to costs associated with obtaining planning permissions and selling a property, though investment values increased significantly. 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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARK, BILTON.

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARK, BILTON income £132k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL FOR THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF STANDON income £239k
THE CHARITY OF THE SISTERS OF THE RESURRECTION income £413k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BATH ST. BARTHOLOMEW income £449k
FAIZAN-E-MADINA MOSQUE COMMITTEE (TRUST) income £536k
THE CORNERSTONE CHURCH GROUP income £226k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ROBERT STEPHENSON'S CHARITIES	£167k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARK, BILTON FY2025	£132k	—	below	—	noted
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL FOR THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF STANDON FY2025	£239k	—	below	—	noted
THE CHARITY OF THE SISTERS OF THE RESURRECTION FY2025	£413k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BATH ST. BARTHOLOMEW FY2025	£449k	—	below	—	no doubt
FAIZAN-E-MADINA MOSQUE COMMITTEE (TRUST) FY2025	£536k	Under £60,000	unclear	—	no doubt

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