Shirehampton Community Action Forum

Analysis

Shirehampton Community Action Forum is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in September 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, accommodation/housing and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04686738). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Shirehampton Community Action Forum reported income of £30k and spending of £37k, spending 124% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £33k to £30k (-11%), an average of -2.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Shirehampton Community Action Forum sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Dennis Hooley Charitable Trust (£30k), Fitzdan UK (£30k) and The Whaley Bridge Community Trust (£30k).

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.