The Shonda Project

Analysis

The Shonda Project is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wiltshire. It was registered in April 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Shonda Project reported income of £18k and spending of £24k, spending 135% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £23k to £18k (-22%), an average of -6.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Shonda Project sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Truth That Sets Free Ministry (£18k), Mount Zion Church of God Fellowship Centre (£18k) and The Barbers' Amalgamated Charity (£18k).

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.