SHALLAL

Registered charity 1166404 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Promote, maintain, improve and advance education and to preserve and protect health particularly by providing access to and involvement in the performing arts including the arts of dance, theatre, music, visual arts, film, costume, photography, sculpture, writing and theatre technical skills by a wide range of the community, especially those who need a supportive environment.

Objects

OBJECTS.THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS") ARE TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT HEALTH, PARTICULARLY BY PROVIDING ACCESS TO AND INVOLVEMENT IN THE PERFORMING ARTS, INCLUDING THE ARTS OF DANCE, THEATRE, MUSIC, VISUAL ARTS, FILM, COSTUME, PHOTOGRAPHY, SCULPTURE, WRITING AND THEATRE TECHNICAL SKILLS BY A WIDE RANGE OF THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO NEED A SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT.

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cornwall, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£147k
Latest spending
£139k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made an overall surplus of £8,287 for the year ending August 2025, with total funds increasing to £62,761. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £19,167, which is below the stated policy target of £30,000, though the charity aims to build reserves to meet this target over the next two financial years.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“At 31 August, the charity had unrestricted reserves of £19,167. The charity aims to build its reserves over the next two financial years to achieve its target.” — page 10
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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 31/08/2025

  • Volunteers: 10
  • Government income: £43,174 — grants £43,174 (2); 29% of the £147,056 total gross income on the same return

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

  • Volunteers: 45
  • Government income: £10,000 — grants £10,000 (1); 5% of the £203,261 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

  • Volunteers: 50
  • Government income: £15,000 — grants £15,000 (1); 6% of the £234,876 total gross income on the same return

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/08/2021 (received 25/07/2022, 25 days after the 30/06/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Shallal Inclusive Art and Performance in Cornwall (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cornwall

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£147k£139k
31/08/2024£203k£200k
31/08/2023£235k£261k
31/08/2022£222k£235k
31/08/2021£235k£235k

Common questions

Is SHALLAL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity made an overall surplus of £8,287 for the year ending August 2025, with total funds increasing to £62,761. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £19,167, which is below the stated policy target of £30,000, though the charity aims to build reserves to meet this target over the next two financial years. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SHALLAL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SHALLAL as a grant recipient include THE CLARE MILNE TRUST, The Ashley Family Foundation, DUCHY HEALTH CHARITY LIMITED, SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUST, THE DAVID FAMILY FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE CLARE MILNE TRUSTFY2022£15k
The Ashley Family FoundationFY2024£10k
THE CLARE MILNE TRUSTFY2024£10k
The Ashley Family FoundationFY2025£10k
DUCHY HEALTH CHARITY LIMITEDFY2022£5k
DUCHY HEALTH CHARITY LIMITEDFY2023£5k
THE DAVID FAMILY FOUNDATIONFY2023Unverified read£2k
SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£2kAnn Rylands Small Donations
The Ashley Family FoundationFY2022£2k
THE DAVID FAMILY FOUNDATIONFY2022amount not stated

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund29/04/2025£20kBack on Board
Postcode Lottery28/06/2024£25kUnrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Heritage Fund24/03/2023£10k"Passmore Edwards Knitted Together project"
Postcode Lottery27/05/2022£24kAccessible community arts project
The National Lottery Community Fund11/06/2021£10kThe Underworld Art Project
UK government29/07/2020£49kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund28/02/2020£250kShallal Dance Theatre
The National Lottery Community Fund11/07/2019£10kExpanding Limits
The National Lottery Community Fund20/04/2018£7kShallal Community Gateway
The National Lottery Heritage Fund04/12/2013£43k"Cornish Doorways"
The National Lottery Community Fund02/05/2013£10kRemapping St Ives
The National Lottery Community Fund15/09/2008£5kShallal Music Access Project (MAP)

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 QUARANTINE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SHALLAL£147k—0below—no doubt
QUARANTINE FY2026£563k—0above—no doubt
ELY CHORAL SOCIETY FY2025£46k—0unclear—no doubt
20 STORIES HIGH FY2025£627k—0unclear—no doubt
COUNTY HALL ARTS FY2024£8.8m—0above—no doubt
KH THEATRE LIMITED FY2024£808k—0above—no doubt

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