Shared Interest Foundation

Analysis

Shared Interest Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newcastle Upon Tyne. It was registered in February 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04833073). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Shared Interest Foundation reported income of £683k and spending of £529k, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £363k to £683k (+88%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 72%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Shared Interest Foundation sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Jubilee Community Church (East Grinstead) (£682k), City Church Bristol (£683k) and The St Michaels and All Saints Charity (£682k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 72%, charitable activities 26% and investments 2.2%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £338k. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 3.5%. Reserves of £170k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 2 people.