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THE SHOE ZONE TRUST

Registered charity 1112972 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Trust makes grants and donations to other charities to relieve financial hardship and poverty and/or advancement of education, mainly for children and young persons under age 18 particularly in Leicestershire and Rutland and for certain charities in the Philippines and other countries.

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
£589k
Latest spending
£357k
Registered
2006
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds stood at £1,514,378, with no stated reserves policy target. The charity reported total income of £588,649 and charitable expenditure of £357,418, resulting in a net movement in funds of £231,231. The trustees confirmed the charity is a going concern with adequate resources for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£589k
Total spending
£357k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% 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 (4.9%) (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
31/12/2024£589k£357k
31/12/2023£754k£282k
31/12/2022£672k£314k
31/12/2021£320k£238k
31/12/2020£162k£212k

Common questions

Is THE SHOE ZONE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds stood at £1,514,378, with no stated reserves policy target. The charity reported total income of £588,649 and charitable expenditure of £357,418, resulting in a net movement in funds of £231,231. The trustees confirmed the charity is a going concern with adequate resources for the foreseeable future. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

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
THE BLAKEY FOUNDATION1—
MAKERS OF PLAYING CARDS CHARITY1—
The Ethos Foundation1£3.5m
The Caring Family Foundation1£410k
THE MIKHEEV CHARITABLE TRUST1£305k
B&Q Foundation1£210k
THE WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION1£152k
QUINTESSENTIALLY FOUNDATION1£115k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with A Z H R CHARITABLE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE SHOE ZONE TRUST£589k—0unclear—no doubt
A Z H R CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£164k—0unclear—no doubt
THE RED SOCKS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024£41k—0unclear—no doubt
LEVEL TRUST FY2025£381k—0unclear3.9%no doubt
YORK CHILDREN'S TRUST FY2024£107k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ZOOM ZOOM TRUST FY2024£512k—0unclear—no doubt

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