The Old Shirburnian Society Charitable Trust 1975

Analysis

The Old Shirburnian Society Charitable Trust 1975 is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorset. It was registered in July 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending July 2025, The Old Shirburnian Society Charitable Trust 1975 reported income of £53k and spending of £61k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income fell from £61k to £53k (-13%), an average of -3.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 73% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Old Shirburnian Society Charitable Trust 1975 sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Weeke Primary School Parent Association (£53k), All Saints Preschool (£53k) and St Joseph's Nympsfield Out of School Club (£53k).