SHINE: SUPPORT AND HELP IN EDUCATION
Registered charity 1082777 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SHINE
SHINE supports educational projects that work primarily with disadvantaged children and young people (4 to 18 years) across the North West, North East and Yorkshire and Humber regions. We provide grants to fund educational programmes which give these young people the extra support and attention they need to learn the basic but essential tools for life.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net outgoing of resources of £900,592, a shift from the previous year's significant net incoming due to planned expenditure on the Sunderland fund. Total charity funds decreased to £14,109,352, while the trustees maintain that the level of expendable endowment funds is sufficient to meet obligations over the next three years. The charity remains in a financially robust position with no material uncertainties regarding its 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
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“Number of staff who earned between: £60,001 - £70,000 (pro-rata) 1”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: meet its obligations over the next three years (held: £14.1m)
“This policy, which is designed to ensure that SHINE can meet its obligations over the next three years, is reviewed by the trustees on a regular basis.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Thomas Coombs Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — SHINE: Support And Help In Education (matched by registered charity number).
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£112k
Reserves (reported)
£14.1m
Reported reserves equal ~50.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (69% 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: 4.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (11/06/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (24/06/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Raksha Pattnichair
- Colin Fyfe
- Jonny Uttley
- Kavita Gupta
- Lord Jim O'Neill
- Lorna Fitzsimons
- MARK HEFFERNAN
- Michaelene Welsh
- Paul Green · trustee of 1 other charity
- Sarah Loftus
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England
Income and spending
Common questions
Is SHINE: SUPPORT AND HELP IN EDUCATION financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net outgoing of resources of £900,592, a shift from the previous year's significant net incoming due to planned expenditure on the Sunderland fund. Total charity funds decreased to £14,109,352, while the trustees maintain that the level of expendable endowment funds is sufficient to meet obligations over the next three years. The charity remains in a financially robust position with no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Thomas Coombs Limited.
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