Shelter Housing Advice and Research Project (Leicester)

Analysis

Shelter Housing Advice and Research Project (Leicester) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicester. It was registered in October 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02516047). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Shelter Housing Advice and Research Project (Leicester) reported income of £146k and spending of £141k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £168k to £146k (-13%), an average of -3.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Shelter Housing Advice and Research Project (Leicester) sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Kisumu Children Trust (£146k), Redeemed Christian Church of God Divine Covenant Centre (£146k) and The Redeemed Christian Church of God Cornerstone Parish Loughborough (£146k).