The Shallowford Trust
Analysis
The Shallowford Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newton Abbot. It was registered in July 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, religious activities and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04430825). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.
In the financial year ending March 2025, The Shallowford Trust reported income of £275k and spending of £303k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £281k to £275k (-2.4%), an average of -0.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 69% of the income it received.
Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Shallowford Trust sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Peter, Walworth (£275k), Crofton Baptist Church, Orpington, Kent (£275k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary's Battersea (£274k).
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
The charity runs a farm in the heart of Dartmoor to which it organises visits, historically disadvantaged children from London, but increasingly youth from Devon and the South West to experience life and work on a farm. The trustees hope their visitors will gain greater knowledge of the wider created order and a Christian understanding of it, responsibility and care for the environment.