The Cart Shed Charity

Analysis

The Cart Shed Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hereford. It was registered in June 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Cart Shed Charity reported income of £538k and spending of £536k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £367k to £538k (+47%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 92%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Cart Shed Charity sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hope for the Young Limited (£537k), As-Salaam Humanitarian Foundation (£538k) and United Way (£537k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 78%, donations and legacies 14%, trading 6.2% and investments 1.6%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 1.4%. Reserves of £582k would cover about 13 months of spending at that rate. It employed 33 people.