Shift Organisation Ltd
Analysis
Shift Organisation Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 11928188). It says it provides services.
In the financial year ending March 2025, Shift Organisation Ltd reported income of £2.8m and spending of £2.1m, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £919k to £2.8m (+207%), an average of +32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 198%. Over the whole period it spent 72% of the income it received.
Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Shift Organisation Ltd sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Two Ridings Community Foundation (£2.8m), Sustainability. Health. Environment. Development. (£2.8m) and The Methodist Relief and Development Fund (£2.8m).
In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 94% and charitable activities 5.3%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £442k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 12 people.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Donations 94%
- Charitable activities 5.3%
- Investments 0.5%
In the charity's own words
SHiFT will break the destructive cycle of children and young people committing crimes so that, instead, they make a positive contribution to our society and build better lives for themselves.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Two Ridings Community Foundation | York | £2.8m |
| Sustainability. Health. Environment. Development. | Peterborough | £2.8m |
| The Methodist Relief and Development Fund | London | £2.8m |
| The Potters House Christian Fellowship UK Waltham Forest Church | London | £2.9m |