THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF SHROPSHIRE
Registered charity 1096779 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CCS, Community Resource, SHROPSHIRE RCC, Shropshire Rural Communities Charity
We develop and deliver practical solutions to rural problems that maintain the well-being of individuals and communities in Shropshire. We help prevent rural isolation and loneliness and enable access to economic and community activity. We support community and voluntary organisations to enable them to improve the quality of life for people in Shropshire and influence policy makers on rural issues
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 · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that total income rose to £1.39 million, a 72% increase on the previous year, while expenditure increased to £1.33 million. The charity closed with a net movement in funds of £70,605, resulting in total funds of £2.53 million and free reserves of £305,763. The trustees report that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: £300,000 (held: £306k)
“the Board have agreed it should aim to hold 'free reserves' of £300,000 to ensure financial resilience.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by WR Partners. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Leadership, per the charity’s website
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.
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.
- JAMES, Warren Austin William — director, appointed 03/05/2024on trustee list
- WAUGH, Amy Rowley — director, appointed 19/09/2023on trustee list
- PEARSON, Lindsay — director, appointed 11/01/2022on trustee list
- HENLEY, Rachel — director, appointed 14/09/2021on trustee list
- BROAD, Simon Bowden — director, appointed 04/03/2021on trustee list
- THORN, Mark Robert John — director, appointed 06/12/2017on trustee list
- COOPER, Nicola Jayne — director, appointed 10/07/2017on trustee list
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£72k
Reported reserves equal ~2.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (86% 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: 5.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Shropshire · Telford & Wrekin
Income and spending
Common questions
Is THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF SHROPSHIRE financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income rose to £1.39 million, a 72% increase on the previous year, while expenditure increased to £1.33 million. The charity closed with a net movement in funds of £70,605, resulting in total funds of £2.53 million and free reserves of £305,763. The trustees report that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by WR Partners.
Who funds THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF SHROPSHIRE?
Funders whose own accounts filings name THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF SHROPSHIRE as a grant recipient include THE GRACE TRUST, KATHLEEN BERYL SLEIGH CHARITABLE TRUST, THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED, THE DIXIE ROSE FINDLAY CHARITABLE TRUST, SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.
Known funders
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