Shine

Analysis

Shine is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hitchin. It was registered in February 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending May 2025, Shine reported income of £34k and spending of £25k, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £23k to £34k (+44%), an average of +9.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2023, when income rose by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 120% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Shine sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Partio Charitable Trust (£34k), Living Faith Bible Church Trust (£34k) and New Asian Friendship Centre (£34k).