The Community Council of Shropshire

Analysis

The Community Council of Shropshire is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shrewsbury. It was registered in March 2003, 23 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 04652487). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Community Council of Shropshire reported income of £1.4m and spending of £1.3m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £703k to £1.4m (+97%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 73%. Over the whole period it spent 96% 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 Community Council of Shropshire sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include John James Bristol Foundation (£1.4m), The Society for the Study of Addiction (£1.4m) and Givingworks (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 85%, donations and legacies 7.5%, trading 4.0% and investments 2.7%. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 5.3%. Grants to other organisations totalled £28k. Reserves of £306k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 31 people.