Thomas Stanley Shipman Charitable Trust

Analysis

Thomas Stanley Shipman Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicester. It was registered in November 1961, 65 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending May 2025, Thomas Stanley Shipman Charitable Trust reported income of £65k and spending of £89k, spending 136% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £48k to £65k (+36%), an average of +7.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2022, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 126% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Thomas Stanley Shipman Charitable Trust sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hope Restored (£65k), Crossover Chapel International (£65k) and Derbyshire Refugee Solidarity (£65k).