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SHILDON ALIVE

Registered charity 1184489 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Activities include: Food for all programme, nutritious take away, Credit Union, Advocacy Support, Job Search, Foodbank, Youthgroup, Pop up Ping Pong Parlour, Community Gardens, intergenerational learning, Dementia Cafe, Activities and free snacks for children and young people during school holidays, community gardening, partnership work with schools and other local groups.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£333k
Latest spending
£347k
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds total £249,857, which exceeds the trustees' stated reserves policy target of £60,000. The charity reported a net deficit of £14,281 for the year, with total income of £333,073 and total expenditure of £347,354.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Grants (60% of income)
“Grants Drop In Centre 199,127” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: £60,000 (held: £250k)
“It has been agreed that a reserve of £60,000 is deemed necessary to cover for all the above such events.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £42k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Durham

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£333k£347k
31/12/2024£412k£376k
31/12/2023£388k£274k
31/12/2022£252k£217k
31/12/2021£192k£169k

Common questions

Is SHILDON ALIVE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds total £249,857, which exceeds the trustees' stated reserves policy target of £60,000. The charity reported a net deficit of £14,281 for the year, with total income of £333,073 and total expenditure of £347,354. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SHILDON ALIVE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SHILDON ALIVE as a grant recipient include Point North Community Foundation, THE FINNIS SCOTT FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
Point North Community FoundationFY2025£40k
Point North Community FoundationFY2024£37k
THE FINNIS SCOTT FOUNDATIONFY2023£3k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The Mercers' Company21/01/2026£115kGrant to Shildon Alive
The National Lottery Community Fund16/11/2022£180kShildon Alive
The National Lottery Community Fund18/03/2022£5kJubilee Community Picnic