Shirley's Bone and Flint Mill Volunteers

Analysis

Shirley's Bone and Flint Mill Volunteers is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stoke-On-Trent. It was registered in December 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Shirley's Bone and Flint Mill Volunteers reported income of £16k and spending of £22k, spending 138% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £62k to £16k (-74%), an average of -29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 82%. Over the whole period it spent 110% 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, Shirley's Bone and Flint Mill Volunteers sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chard & District Museum (£16k), Cheshire Chorale (£16k) and Engines Orchestra (£16k).