THE CYRIL SHACK TRUST

Registered charity 264270 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

to contribute towards charitable and other similar causes

Objects

TO OR FOR ANY CHARITABLE OBJECT OR PURPOSE AT THE ABSOLUTE DISCRETION OF THE TRUSTEES.

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.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: City of London, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£61k
Latest spending
£78k
Registered
1972
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £515,148, which the Trustees consider sufficient to sustain future charitable activities. The charity reported a net loss of £9,314 for the year, driven by charitable expenditure exceeding income and investment gains. The Trustees confirmed that resources are adequate for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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 28/09/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 28/09/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 28/09/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
28/09/2025£61k£78k
28/09/2024£100k£89k
28/09/2023£109k£142k
28/09/2022£180k£131k
28/09/2021£48k£112k

Common questions

Is THE CYRIL SHACK TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £515,148, which the Trustees consider sufficient to sustain future charitable activities. The charity reported a net loss of £9,314 for the year, driven by charitable expenditure exceeding income and investment gains. The Trustees confirmed that resources are adequate for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
BACK ON THE MAP LIMITED1£17k
THE JOICEY TRUST1£150

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CHARLES SKEY CHARITABLE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE CYRIL SHACK TRUST£61k—0unclear—no doubt
THE CHARLES SKEY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£351k—0above—no doubt
THE JULIUS SILMAN CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£32k£4,0000unclear—no doubt
C R BURRELL'S CHARITY TRUST FY2025£37k—0unclear—no doubt
CYLCH BODHYFRYD FY2025£139k—0above—no doubt
THE P A R CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£75k—0above—no doubt

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