The Shanly Foundation

Analysis

The Shanly Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Beaconsfield. It was registered in February 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 11464054). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Shanly Foundation reported income of £2.0m and spending of £2.9m, spending 149% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £568k to £2.0m (+245%), an average of +36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 127%. Over the whole period it spent 126% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, The Shanly Foundation sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include JFS Charitable Trust Limited (£1.8m), Friends Therapeutic Community Trust (£2.0m) and The Switchback Initiative (£1.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 95% and investments 5.2%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £2.8m. Reserves of £1.7m would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 1 people.

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.