The Shackleford Centre

Analysis

The Shackleford Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Godalming. It was registered in July 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06893916). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Shackleford Centre reported income of £29k and spending of £33k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £46k to £29k (-37%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income dropped by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Shackleford Centre sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kingsnorth Village Hall (£29k), Glasbury Arts Ltd (£29k) and Levens Choir (£29k).