SHROPSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1200018 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Shropshire Community Foundation connects philanthropic people with local causes that matter to them. It is focused on supporting Shropshire (inc. the borough of Telford & Wrekin) by building endowments and generating funds to support community needs and local organisations making a difference.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£150k

Latest spending

£67k

Registered

2022

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that free/unrestricted reserves were £37,500, which is significantly below the charity's stated objective of holding up to one year's running costs. The charity reported a net income increase of £105,461 for the year, driven by investment gains and donations, while total expenditure on charitable activities and fundraising amounted to £52,843.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: up to an equivalent of one year's running costs (held: £38k)

“The Shropshire Community Foundation’s objective, however, is to hold up to an equivalent of one year's running costs in unrestricted reserves” — page 6

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Grant to 4 All Foundation

“A Harris, Trustee, is the Chair of Trustees for 4 All Foundation, which recieved a grant of £1,000 (2023: nil). There was no outstanding balance at the year end.” — page 25

“S Graham, Trustee, is a Trustee for The Cavalier Centre, which recieved a grant of £1,250 (2023: £nil). There was no outstanding balance at the year end.” — page 25

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Grant to The Cavalier Centre

“A Harris, Trustee, is the Chair of Trustees for 4 All Foundation, which recieved a grant of £1,000 (2023: nil). There was no outstanding balance at the year end.” — page 25

“S Graham, Trustee, is a Trustee for The Cavalier Centre, which recieved a grant of £1,250 (2023: £nil). There was no outstanding balance at the year end.” — page 25

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Shropshire Community Foundation (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).

Shropshire Council — “Working in partnership with Shropshire Council and Telford & Wrekin Council, the Foundation is delivering funding that will support young pe…” (source page)
Telford & Wrekin Council — “The Foundation has also launched the £50,000 Community Capital Grants Scheme on behalf of Telford & Wrekin Council.” (source page)
Halls — “The evening was made possible thanks to the hard work of the staff and volunteer trustees of the Foundation and to generous event sponsorshi…” (source page)
Handelsbanken — “The evening was made possible thanks to the hard work of the staff and volunteer trustees of the Foundation and to generous event sponsorshi…” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2023)

Total income

£619k

Total spending

£8k

Reserves (reported)

£9k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~14.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

AMANDA NADINE HARRIS · trustee of 2 other charities
AMANDA THORN MBE DL · trustee of 1 other charity
Andriane Usherwood-Brown
BENJAMIN DAVID POWELL · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr Graham Robert Wynn OBE · trustee of 2 other charities
Judith Helene Lancaster
Kate Lavinia Boughton
ROGER Brentnall PEMBERTON · trustee of 1 other charity
SELINA LUCY GRAHAM · trustee of 4 other charities
Sonia Heather Roberts

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

Operates in: Shropshire · Telford & Wrekin

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£150k	£67k
31/03/2024	£117k	£53k
31/03/2023	£619k	£8k

Common questions

Is SHROPSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that free/unrestricted reserves were £37,500, which is significantly below the charity's stated objective of holding up to one year's running costs. The charity reported a net income increase of £105,461 for the year, driven by investment gains and donations, while total expenditure on charitable activities and fundraising amounted to £52,843. 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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE GRACE TRUST	2	£8k
THE MASTER CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£505k
THE PARGITER TRUST	1	£400k
CLARK FOUNDATION	1	£127k
THE FRANK JACKSON FOUNDATION	1	£100k
PRISM THE GIFT FUND	1	£70k
THE RANDAL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£66k
THE M J SAMUEL CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£52k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HEREFORDSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

HEREFORDSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION income £949k
WORCESTERSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION LIMITED income £379k
Community Foundation for Staffordshire and Shropshire income £4.6m
THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF SHROPSHIRE income £1.4m
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR WILTSHIRE & SWINDON income £3.1m
SUFFOLK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION income £6.8m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SHROPSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	£150k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
HEREFORDSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FY2025	£949k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WORCESTERSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2025	£379k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
Community Foundation for Staffordshire and Shropshire FY2025	£4.6m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF SHROPSHIRE FY2025	£1.4m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR WILTSHIRE & SWINDON FY2025	£3.1m	£80,001 - £90,000	2	unclear	2.8%	no doubt

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