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Shine Relief Trust

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1168458East YorkshireDisability
Income£44k2025-03-31
Spending£37ksame year
Spent / received100%5-year average
Size in its cause53rd pctDisability
Registered2016CIO
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Shine Relief Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Yorkshire. It was registered in July 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and religious activities, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Shine Relief Trust reported income of £44k and spending of £37k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £251k to £44k (-83%), an average of -35% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 90%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Shine Relief Trust sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Church of the Ascension Parish Hall Charity, Hall Green, Birmingham (£44k), Baluji Music Foundation Limited (£44k) and Roc Dawlish (£44k).

Income and spending

£0£63k£126k£189k£251k2021 Income: £251,3802021 Spending: £81,72420212022 Income: £23,9012022 Spending: £171,16720222023 Income: £29,8252023 Spending: £48,86520232024 Income: £23,2162024 Spending: £33,62420242025 Income: £43,7092025 Spending: £37,0162025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Other 100%

In the charity's own words

Shine Relief Trust was established in 2008 by a group of UK and Malawian Christians with a heart to seek justice for the poor and to see renewed hope and vitality brought to the rural communities of Malawi. Shine Malawi works in Kuntumanje, Zomba District, the project area was chosen after a situation analysis revealed a high need for a relief project to support orphans and vulnerable children.

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