THE SHINE PROJECT

Registered charity 1118173 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SHINE

The Shine Project provides a safe space for teenagers using interactive workshops, large scale events and online engagement. Young people are supported to explore their ability to connect with others, be active, keep learning and engage in mindful activities, promoting the development of healthy physical and mental wellbeing.

Objects

The charities objectives (the objects), being particularly for the benefit of children and young people to:1. Advance their education by developing mental, physical and moral capabilities through the provision of guidance and discussion. 2. The promotion of equality and diversity for the public benefit by cultivating a sentiment in favour of equality and diversity. 3. The relief of poverty and distress, the preservation and protection of good health and the advancement of education by the provision of guidance, education and such other services as the charity determines. 4. Promote good citizenship with a view to increasing their active participation in society.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£59k
Latest spending
£60k
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The provided document is an independent examiner's report for The Shine Project for the year ended 31 August 2026. The examiner confirms that no material matters have come to their attention that suggest the accounting records were not kept in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 or that the accounts do not accord with those records. The report contains no financial data, such as reserves, income, or expenditure figures, to assess the charity's financial health.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2026

  • Volunteers: 7

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2025

  • Volunteers: 14
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

  • Volunteers: 14
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bournemouth · Dorset · Poole

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2026£59k£60k
31/08/2025£55k£57k
31/08/2024£64k£46k
31/08/2023£44k£48k
31/08/2022£41k£38k

Common questions

Is THE SHINE PROJECT financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The provided document is an independent examiner's report for The Shine Project for the year ended 31 August 2026. The examiner confirms that no material matters have come to their attention that suggest the accounting records were not kept in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 or that the accounts do not accord with those records. The report contains no financial data, such as reserves, income, or expenditure figures, to assess the charity's financial health. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE SHINE PROJECT?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE SHINE PROJECT as a grant recipient include THE VALENTINE CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ALICE ELLEN COOPER-DEAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, TALBOT VILLAGE TRUST, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CANFORD MAGNA.

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund09/07/2024£20kThe Shine Project
The National Lottery Community Fund11/11/2022£9kThe Thrive Initiative
The National Lottery Community Fund18/06/2021£9kThe Thrive Initiative
UK government22/05/2020£2kVSCE CMC Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund30/05/2013£7kThe Shine Project

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SHINE YOUTH.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE SHINE PROJECT£59k——unclear—no doubt
SHINE YOUTH FY2025£72k—0below—not going concern
SHADE FY2025£834k—0unclear—no doubt
SHINE21 FY2025£122k—0unclear—no doubt

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