Shire Training Workshops Limited

Analysis

Shire Training Workshops Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stroud. It was registered in November 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover accommodation/housing, economic/community development/employment and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under housing and shelter. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01429772). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Shire Training Workshops Limited reported income of £510k and spending of £486k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £445k to £510k (+15%), an average of +3.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Shire Training Workshops Limited sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Welwyn Hatfield Women's Refuge and Support Services (£503k), Abigail Housing (£511k) and The Abbeyfield (Darlington) Society Limited (£501k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 85% and trading 14%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.6m would cover about 41 months of spending at that rate. It employed 12 people.