The Shepherd Street Trust

Analysis

The Shepherd Street Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Preston. It was registered in July 1973, 53 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The Shepherd Street Trust reported income of £43k and spending of £66k, spending 153% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income fell from £55k to £43k (-21%), an average of -5.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income dropped by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 118% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Shepherd Street Trust sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Reigate Community Counselling Centre (£43k), Bhanji and Bhanumati Raniga Charitable Trust (£43k) and Royal Manchester Children's Hospital Genetics Trust (Gem Appeal) (£43k).

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.