The Betty Shelvey Trust

Analysis

The Betty Shelvey Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in May 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Betty Shelvey Trust reported income of £72k and spending of £101k, spending 141% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £52k to £72k (+38%), an average of +8.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Betty Shelvey Trust sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include New Life Church Bedfordshire Trust (£72k), Street Football Wales (SFW) (£72k) and Haywards Heath Foodbank (£72k).