The Shirley Community Chaplaincy (North-East)

Analysis

The Shirley Community Chaplaincy (North-East) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newcastle Upon Tyne. It was registered in October 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Shirley Community Chaplaincy (North-East) reported income of £22k and spending of £40k, spending 180% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £20k to £22k (+11%), an average of +2.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 131%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Shirley Community Chaplaincy (North-East) sits at the 35th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary Magdalene, Gillingham, Rochester Diocese (£22k), Christ Apostolic Church Bexley (£22k) and The Charge Ministries (£22k).