The Cyril Shack Trust

Analysis

The Cyril Shack Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 1972, 54 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The Cyril Shack Trust reported income of £61k and spending of £78k, spending 127% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £48k to £61k (+27%), an average of +6.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 273%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Cyril Shack Trust sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Eagle Charity Trust (£61k), Croydon Commitment Ltd (£62k) and Copdock and Washbrook Village Hall (£61k).