Shadow Bird Trust

Analysis

Shadow Bird Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Shadow Bird Trust reported income of £75k and spending of £101k, spending 133% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £92k to £75k (-18%), an average of -4.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 162% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Shadow Bird Trust sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Project Freedom Ltd (£75k), Grovehill Neighbourhood Association (£75k) and Redeemed Christian Church of God - House of Grace Oxford (£75k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.