Shap Community CIO

Analysis

Shap Community CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cumbria. It was registered in March 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, 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, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Shap Community CIO reported income of £14k and spending of £18k, spending 123% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £23k to £14k (-39%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 86% 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, Shap Community CIO sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Derby Tamil Academy (£14k), Society for Anglo-Chinese Understanding (£14k) and Stocksmoor Village Hall Foundation (£14k).

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.