Shoc, Slough Homeless - Our Concern

Analysis

Shoc, Slough Homeless - Our Concern is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Slough. It was registered in July 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03579654). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Shoc, Slough Homeless - Our Concern reported income of £252k and spending of £265k, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £235k to £252k (+7.3%), an average of +1.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Shoc, Slough Homeless - Our Concern sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include British Oculoplastic Surgery Society (£252k), Youthline Limited (£252k) and Suffolk Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre (£252k).

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.