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THE SHANLEY CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1103323 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Poverty relief and education for children in Africa

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£224k
Latest spending
£293k
Registered
2004
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased to £5,843,307 due to a net movement in funds of £(698,820), driven by a significant loss on investment assets. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The charity maintains a policy to hold unrestricted funds sufficient to support future objectives and cover management costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
“Investment income of £224,053” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: sufficient funds to fund future contributions to support trust objectives and to cover management, administration and support costs (held: £5.8m)
“It is the policy of the Charity to maintain unrestricted funds, which are free reserves of the charity. This provides sufficient funds to fund future contributions to support trust objectives and to cover management, administration and support costs.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: R F Lander received £2,640 for work done for the charity in his professional capacity as an accountant.
“R F Lander received £2,640 (2024 - £2,200) for work done for the charity in his professional capacity as an accountant.” — page 13
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: R F Lander received £2,640 (2024 - £2,200) for work done for the charity in his professional capacity as an accountant.
“R F Lander received £2,640 (2024 - £2,200) for work done for the charity in his professional capacity as an accountant.” — page 13
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Mercer & Hole LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Insolvency history (Companies House)

Trading subsidiary M.J.SHANLEY LIMITED has insolvency history on the Companies House record (company status: dissolved).
members-voluntary-liquidation — 2024-07-03, 2022-09-08
Official Companies House insolvency record. Insolvency of a subsidiary does not mean the charity is insolvent.

Corporate structure

M.J.SHANLEY LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts

    Property (HM Land Registry)

    2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

    Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/04/2021)

    Total income
    £898k
    Total spending
    £235k
    Cost of raising funds
    £18k
    Reserves (reported)
    £7.2m
    Employees
    0

    Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (89% 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: 2.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

    Trustees · trustee networks

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

    Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

    Income and spending

    Financial year endIncomeSpending
    30/04/2025£224k£293k
    30/04/2024£237k£209k
    30/04/2023£230k£290k
    30/04/2022£129k£351k
    30/04/2021£898k£235k

    Common questions

    Is THE SHANLEY CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

    Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased to £5,843,307 due to a net movement in funds of £(698,820), driven by a significant loss on investment assets. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The charity maintains a policy to hold unrestricted funds sufficient to support future objectives and cover management costs. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Mercer & Hole LLP.

    Funders of similar charities

    Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

    FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
    C B AND H H TAYLOR 1984 TRUST1£12k
    CLASSQUOTE LIMITED1£11k
    DAVID LISTER CHARITABLE TRUST1£7k

    Charities like this

    Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ALAN BRENTNALL CHARITABLE TRUST.

    Side by side with its peers

    CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
    THE SHANLEY CHARITABLE TRUST£224k—0unclear—no doubt
    THE ALAN BRENTNALL CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£113k—0unclear—no doubt
    SOUTHWARK, ARUNDEL & BRIGHTON BRETHREN CIO FY2025£130k—0unclear—no doubt
    PROJECT MALA CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026£218k—0unclear—no doubt
    SHAAREI TZEDAKAH FY2024£168k—0unclear—no doubt
    CHARITWORTH LIMITED FY2025£3.3m—0unclear—no doubt

    Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.