Samuel Shepherd

Analysis

Samuel Shepherd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Suffolk. It was registered in April 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Samuel Shepherd reported income of £13k and spending of £13k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £11k to £13k (+18%), an average of +4.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Samuel Shepherd sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Cascaid Trust (£13k), The D&e Charitable Trust (£13k) and Hungerford, Church on the Rock (£13k).