The Lord Shuttleworth Foundation

Analysis

The Lord Shuttleworth Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancashire. It was registered in November 1970, 56 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Lord Shuttleworth Foundation reported income of £74k and spending of £44k, leaving 40% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £8,197 to £74k (+798%), an average of +73% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 342%. Over the whole period it spent 182% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Lord Shuttleworth Foundation sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lofftwen Ecological Trust (£74k), Life Changers Empowering Ministry (£74k) and The Redeemed Christian Church of God - Christ Ambassadors Parish (£74k).