Good Shepherd Services

Analysis

Good Shepherd Services is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wolverhampton. It was registered in March 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Good Shepherd Services reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.2m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £834k to £1.2m (+49%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Good Shepherd Services sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Environmental Conservation Co-Operative (£1.2m), Suncroft Donations Trust (£1.2m) and Direct Help & Advice Ltd. (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 65%, donations and legacies 30% and trading 4.9%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £18k. Charitable activities took 88% of spending and raising funds 11%. Reserves of £532k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 28 people.