SHOPMOBILITY - MARKET HARBOROUGH

Registered charity 1084221 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity provides loaned electrical and manual wheelchairs and scooters for use by people with impaired mobility to enable access to shops, businesses & places of interest. Such equipment is also provided on short term hire and longer term hire outside the normal opening hours of the scheme. Escorts are provided to users who require such support.

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Latest income
£36k
Latest spending
£48k
Registered
2000
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ceased operations and dissolved during the reporting period, with all remaining funds transferred to another charity. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted cash reserves at the end of the period were £8,824, which were held in a restricted fund for the purchase of mobility equipment by the recipient charity.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Fund raising activities (40% of income)
“Gross fund raising income from the activities described above was £9,899” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Fundraising cost ratio: 5.9% of fundraised income, as disclosed
“Gross fund raising income from the activities described above was £9,899 compared with £5,581 in 2023 and after deducting fund raising costs a cash surplus of £9,307 was generated compared with £5,086 in the previous financial year.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £9k)
“Reserves Policy As result of the transactions described above the unrestricted cash reserves at 30 June 2025 were £8,824”
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

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

Operates in: Leicestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£36k£48k
31/12/2023£30k£36k
31/12/2022£30k£30k
31/12/2021£29k£28k
31/12/2020£32k£26k

Common questions

Is SHOPMOBILITY - MARKET HARBOROUGH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ceased operations and dissolved during the reporting period, with all remaining funds transferred to another charity. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted cash reserves at the end of the period were £8,824, which were held in a restricted fund for the purchase of mobility equipment by the recipient charity. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SHOPMOBILITY - MARKET HARBOROUGH?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SHOPMOBILITY - MARKET HARBOROUGH as a grant recipient include MARKET HARBOROUGH BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
MARKET HARBOROUGH BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024—

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund11/03/2022£9kShopmobility Market Harborough 2022-23
The National Lottery Community Fund06/07/2004£78kPromote welfare and independence of people with impaired mobility