The Shepherdsmead Trust

Analysis

The Shepherdsmead Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Guildford. It was registered in August 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Shepherdsmead Trust reported income of £179k and spending of £453k, spending 253% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £77k to £179k (+134%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 509%. Over the whole period it spent 258% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Shepherdsmead Trust sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Presbyterian Church of Ghana Anointed Congregation (£179k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John the Divine, West Worthing (£179k) and South Cardiff Ministry Area (£179k).

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.