Shire Community Services Ltd

Analysis

Shire Community Services Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Northamptonshire. It was registered in April 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05743952). It says it provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Shire Community Services Ltd reported income of £631k and spending of £625k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £326k to £631k (+93%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 65%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Shire Community Services Ltd sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Bus Shelter Dorset (£631k), Ravensbourne Project (£632k) and Volunteer Centre Kensington & Chelsea (£630k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 54% and donations and legacies 1.1%. Charitable activities took 55% of spending and raising funds 45%. Reserves of £19k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 17 people.