Shrewsbury Civic Society Trust Limited

Analysis

Shrewsbury Civic Society Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shrewsbury. It was registered in December 1978, 48 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01375205). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Shrewsbury Civic Society Trust Limited reported income of £25k and spending of £36k, spending 140% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £17k to £25k (+52%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 144% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Shrewsbury Civic Society Trust Limited sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Eardisland Village Hall Management Committee (£25k), Snainton Playing Field and Village Hall (£25k) and Cantorum Choir (£25k).

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.