The Barnett and Sylvia Shine No 2 Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Barnett and Sylvia Shine No 2 Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 1981, 45 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 April 2025, The Barnett and Sylvia Shine No 2 Charitable Trust reported income of £40k and spending of £86k, spending 214% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £21k to £40k (+93%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 260% 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 Barnett and Sylvia Shine No 2 Charitable Trust sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Roade Village Hall and Playing Field (£40k), Army Widows' Association (£40k) and The Rotary Club of Sanderstead & Selsdon Serving South Croydon (£40k).

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.