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Registered charity · London

Shannon Trust

  • 13 trustees
  • Income £3.6m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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Public contracts won

39 contracts · £1,977,972 total

From Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the UK Government's public procurement notices, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Matched to this organisation by company number, charity number or exact name and postcode; every figure links to its source notice.

About

What it does
Education/training
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website
www.shannontrust.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Shannon Trust
Registered
2006

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£3.6m£3.7m
  • 2024£3.6m£3.5m
  • 2023£2.5m£2.2m
Earlier years
  • 2022£1.1m£1.1m
  • 2021£790k£756k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 59%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS") ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE PROMOTION OF:1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION;2. THE REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS;3. THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP SICKNESS AND DISTRESS OF INMATES OR FORMER INMATES AND THEIR FAMILIES OF PRISONS, YOUNG OFFENDERS' INSTITUTIONS, SECURE UNITS IN HIGH SECURITY PSYCHIATRIC OR OTHER HOSPITAL UNITS AND OFFENDERS OR FORMER OFFENDERS SUBJECT TO NON -CUSTODIAL COMMUNITY ORDERS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM; AND4. TO PROMOTE LITERACY SCHEMES AND SIMILAR EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES.NOTHING IN THESE ARTICLES AUTHORISES AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CHARITY FOR PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOR CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH S.7 CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008

Grants received

43 grants · £3,473,046 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

Most recent

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

4.2y median 4y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

Portfolio (2)

13
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 13Economic/community Development/employment 1Religious Activities 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 16Health and social care 4Professional services 2

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£3.6m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

1.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 9.4 in 2021

93 from 11 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1117249
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 15 AUGUST 2006.AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 04/03/2015 as amended on 03 May 2023
Companies House
Company number 05906258 · Active
Contact on the register
0203 764 5250 · communications@shannontrust.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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