ALL ABOARD SHOPS LIMITED

Registered charity 1125462 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity operates retail shops selling donated goods. The profits from these operations are donated to a number of UK charities to promote the ideals of recycling and working for a cleaner and healthier enviroment.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£3.5m
Latest spending
£3.6m
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £7,541 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £829,180. Per the trustees' report, this level of reserves is above the stated policy target of £400,000 and is considered adequate to support ongoing operations. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operation for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £400,000 (held: £829k)
“The trustees have set a reserves target of £400,000, equivalent to approximately two months of operating expenditure.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by SCB (Accountants) Ltd. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — All Aboard Shops Ltd (matched by registered charity number).

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

18 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 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 · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£3.5m
Total spending
£3.6m
Cost of raising funds
£3.5m
Reserves (reported)
£400k
Employees
120

Reported reserves equal ~1.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (93% 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: 99.7% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bury · Salford City · Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£3.5m£3.6m
31/12/2024£3.4m£3.5m
31/12/2023£3.5m£3.4m
31/12/2022£3.4m£3.2m
31/12/2021£2.9m£2.7m

Common questions

Is ALL ABOARD SHOPS LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £7,541 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £829,180. Per the trustees' report, this level of reserves is above the stated policy target of £400,000 and is considered adequate to support ongoing operations. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operation for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by SCB (Accountants) Ltd.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ALL ABOARD SHOPS LIMITED£3.5m——above—no doubt
LFLC LTD FY2025£196k—0above—no doubt
COMMUNITY FURNITURE STORE (YORK) LTD FY2025£687k—0below—no doubt
ACTION 21 (2010) FY2026£211k—0above—no doubt
COMMUNITY FURNITURE STORE (SELBY) LIMITED FY2025£279k—0below—no doubt
LEEDS AND MOORTOWN FURNITURE STORE CIO FY2025£182k—0above—no doubt

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