The Chicken Shed Property Company

Analysis

The Chicken Shed Property Company is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover accommodation/housing, which this site groups under housing and shelter. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02701249). It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Chicken Shed Property Company reported income of £25k and spending of £43k, spending 173% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £61k to £25k (-60%), an average of -20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 65%. Over the whole period it spent 188% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, The Chicken Shed Property Company sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sir Edward Blount's Charity (£25k), The Austin Memorial Almshouse Charity (£25k) and Rolle's Almshouses (£25k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.