SHINEY ADVICE AND RESOURCE PROJECT
Registered charity 1065786 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SHARP
Provision of welfare rights, benefit entitlement and debt advice services. Signposting to services providing specialist advice on housing, employment or legal issues.Education and training courses, collection point for credit union.Community development for the local community and support for local community groups.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £71,992 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted funds of £423,527. However, the trustees note that funding for core costs remains a constant challenge, particularly due to rising energy costs, and they expect limited funding availability in the coming year.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: six months running costs (held: £55k)
“the Trustees seek to build up unrestricted funds as reserves to cover 6 months running costs which equates to approximately £275,000.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- LAWSON, Anne — director, appointed 22/11/2023on trustee list
- LEVEY, Kathleen Margaret — director, appointed 01/04/2019not on trustee list
- WATSON, Lisa Jayne — director, appointed 21/09/2012on trustee list
- PATTERSON, Tia — director, appointed 31/10/2009on trustee list
- PARKIN, Christine — director, appointed 19/05/2003not on trustee list
- LEEKS OBE, Clinton Eliot — secretary, appointed 06/10/2014
Official officers record.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~3.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).
- TIA PATTERSONchair
- Anne Lawson · trustee of 1 other charity
- CHRIS PARKIN
- Clinton Leeks
- Kath Levey
- LISA JAYNE WATSON
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Sunderland
Income and spending
Common questions
Is SHINEY ADVICE AND RESOURCE PROJECT financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £71,992 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted funds of £423,527. However, the trustees note that funding for core costs remains a constant challenge, particularly due to rising energy costs, and they expect limited funding availability in the coming year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds SHINEY ADVICE AND RESOURCE PROJECT?
Funders whose own accounts filings name SHINEY ADVICE AND RESOURCE PROJECT as a grant recipient include THE BERNICIA FOUNDATION, SUNDERLAND VOLUNTARY SECTOR ALLIANCE.
Known funders
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