SHAP LTD
Registered charity 1075118 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST HELENS ACCOMMODATION PROJECT LIMITED
Shap provides a range of supported housing services across Merseyside. These services range from the provision of emergency accommodation for young homeless people to specialist support for young parents. We work in communities to support people who have been homeless or who are vulnerable because of mental health issues, drug or alcohol use or other factors.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity achieved a net income surplus of £35,104 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £749,097. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains reserves in line with its policy target of holding funds sufficient for an optimum period of 6 months and a minimum of 3 months' running costs. The trustees consider the charity to be a going concern, noting that while financial stability has been retained through tight controls, the organization faces ongoing inflationary pressures and challenges in achieving full cost recovery for service contracts.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three to six months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £749k)
“The aim of the policy is to maintain a reserve of unrestricted funds at a level that will enable the charity to operate for an optimum period of 6 months and a minimum period of 3 months.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by C A Hunter Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Mark Weights — Chief Executive Officer (CEO) (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~2.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Diane Williamschair
- MARY MILTON
- Peter Barron
- Siobhan Cotter-Burgess
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Halton · Knowsley · Liverpool City · St Helens · Wrexham
Income and spending
Common questions
Is SHAP LTD financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a net income surplus of £35,104 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £749,097. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains reserves in line with its policy target of holding funds sufficient for an optimum period of 6 months and a minimum of 3 months' running costs. The trustees consider the charity to be a going concern, noting that while financial stability has been retained through tight controls, the organization faces ongoing inflationary pressures and challenges in achieving full cost recovery for service contracts. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by C A Hunter Limited.
Who funds SHAP LTD?
Funders whose own accounts filings name SHAP LTD as a grant recipient include HOUSING THE HOMELESS CENTRAL FUND.
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