Shildon Community Bus

Analysis

Shildon Community Bus is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shildon. It was registered in February 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under disability. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Shildon Community Bus reported income of £111k and spending of £107k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £8,105 to £111k (+1267%), an average of +92% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income rose by 452%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Shildon Community Bus 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 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Burford Trust (£111k), Shri Guru Valmik Sabha (£111k) and Sherwood Playgroup (£111k).