The Dusty Shed

Analysis

The Dusty Shed is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cardiff. It was registered in August 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives and recreation, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The Dusty Shed reported income of £19k and spending of £18k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £15k to £19k (+29%), an average of +6.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 148%. Over the whole period it spent 97% 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 Dusty Shed sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ghanaian Healthcare Community Leeds (£19k), The Christine King Memorial Trust (£20k) and Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension United Kingdom (£19k).