Shropshire Community Foundation

Analysis

Shropshire Community Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shrewsbury. It was registered in August 2022, 4 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Shropshire Community Foundation reported income of £150k and spending of £67k, leaving 55% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from March 2023 to March 2025, income fell from £619k to £150k (-76%), an average of -51% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 81%. Over the whole period it spent 14% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Shropshire Community Foundation sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dunstable Foodbank (£150k), The Hive Avon Limited (£150k) and The JPK Sussex Project (£150k).