Alfred and Dorothy Shorney Memorial Trust

Analysis

Alfred and Dorothy Shorney Memorial Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newcastle Upon Tyne. It was registered in June 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Alfred and Dorothy Shorney Memorial Trust reported income of £11k and spending of £10k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £18k to £11k (-41%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income dropped by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Alfred and Dorothy Shorney Memorial Trust 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 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Winterslow Land and Allotment Charity (£11k), Ashill Welfare Charity (£11k) and Taunton Area Debt Advice (£11k).