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Shantona Women's & Family Services Ltd.

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1075752LeedsHealth and saving lives
Income£559k2025-03-31
Spending£590ksame year
Spent / received99%5-year average
Size in its cause84th pctHealth and saving lives
Registered1999Charitable company
Employees25latest return

Analysis

Shantona Women's & Family Services Ltd. is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leeds. It was registered in May 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03496978). It says it provides other finance, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Shantona Women's & Family Services Ltd. reported income of £559k and spending of £590k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £675k to £559k (-17%), an average of -4.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Shantona Women's & Family Services Ltd. sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Help in Need Today (£558k), Africa's Voices Foundation Limited (£559k) and The Royal College of Chiropractors (£558k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 97%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £170k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 25 people.

Income and spending

£0£169k£337k£506k£675k2021 Income: £674,9272021 Spending: £549,87920212022 Income: £539,7442022 Spending: £583,11120222023 Income: £621,4662023 Spending: £577,03320232024 Income: £574,4012024 Spending: £649,35420242025 Income: £558,5332025 Spending: £589,5382025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Donations 0.6%
  • Charitable activities 97%
  • Investments 0.3%
  • Other 2.4%

In the charity's own words

Shantona caters for women, young people and children based in Harehills and Chapeltown areas of Leeds to fulfil their full potential. The projects include Education & training, Family support & Health, Youth Provisions, Playscheme, Early Years, Mobile Creche and childcare facilities etc.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Help in Need TodayLondon£558k
Africa's Voices Foundation LimitedLondon£559k
The Royal College of ChiropractorsOxfordshire£558k
PS FoundationWeybridge£560k