THE SHAW TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 287785 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SHAW TRUST · also registered in Scotland as SC039856 (OSCR)

Shaw Trust provides services to people who are disabled or otherwise disadvantaged, principally to help them find employment or to develop work and independence skills.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total reserves stood at £243.8m, with free reserves of £33.3m, which is within the stated policy target of two to four months of costs (£25m–£49m). The charity reports a net movement in funds of -£0.8m, driven largely by the deconsolidation of Newfriars College, while noting that working capital remained positive and in line with key KPIs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

What the charity says about itself (2024/25)

From its own voluntary annual review / impact report — the charity’s account of its work, distinct from the statutory accounts analysed above.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Shaw Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

Property (HM Land Registry)

25 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 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 (7,798 likes) · instagram (4,833 followers) · linkedin (33,575 followers)

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~10.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 2.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% 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: 1.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (20/03/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Annamarie Hassall
• Audrey Coutinho
• Carl Simon Nicholson
• Cedric Ntumba
• Christine Anne Swabey
• Ian Russell Hughes
• James Stewart · trustee of 1 other charity
• Olly Benzecry
• Omalara Oyesanya
• PAUL MICHAEL BALDWIN · trustee of 1 other charity
• Stephen Pegge
• Stephen Shaw

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

Operates in: Australia · Poland · Romania · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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

Funders of similar charities

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Side by side with its peers

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