Shaftesbury Charitable Trust

Analysis

Shaftesbury Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shaftesbury. It was registered in November 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Shaftesbury Charitable Trust reported income of £40k and spending of £50k, spending 127% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £513k to £40k (-92%), an average of -47% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income dropped by 91%. Over the whole period it spent 28% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Shaftesbury Charitable Trust sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Martock Charity Shop (£40k), Friends of Queen Elizabeth's Hospital (£40k) and Get Me Out the Four Walls (£40k).