The Sheppard Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Sheppard Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in January 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Sheppard Charitable Trust reported income of £13k and spending of £13k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £11k to £13k (+17%), an average of +3.9% a year. Over the whole period it spent 99% 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 Sheppard Charitable Trust sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Derwent Lions Club (£13k), Friends of St Peter's C of E Primaryschool (Harrogate) (£13k) and CLWB Plant Amlwch (£13k).

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.