Shumei Eiko Limited

Analysis

Shumei Eiko Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Canterbury. It was registered in April 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02562565). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Shumei Eiko Limited reported income of £3.5m and spending of £3.2m, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £676k to £3.5m (+413%), an average of +50% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 335%. Over the whole period it spent 124% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Shumei Eiko Limited sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Society for Experimental Biology (£3.5m), The Third Age Trust (£3.5m) and Heartwood House (£3.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 5.4%. Reserves of £9.5m would cover about 36 months of spending at that rate. It employed 82 people.