The Sheila McKechnie Foundation

Analysis

The Sheila McKechnie Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05331412). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Sheila McKechnie Foundation reported income of £543k and spending of £612k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £434k to £543k (+25%), an average of +5.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Sheila McKechnie Foundation sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Learn English at Home (£540k), The Trefoil Guild (£544k) and The Muse at 269 (£540k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 74%, trading 24% and donations and legacies 1.7%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £17k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 6 people.