The Shieling Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Shieling Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in August 1983, 43 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Shieling Charitable Trust reported income of £11k and spending of £3,615, leaving 68% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £4,350 to £11k (+159%), an average of +27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 105%. Over the whole period it spent 42% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Shieling Charitable Trust sits at the 24th percentile: it is larger than about 24% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Drewmark Charitable Trust (£11k), Affirming Catholicism (£11k) and RCCG Breakthrough Parish (£11k).