The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

Caritas Diocese of Shrewsbury

Registered charity 1169317 CIO Registered since 2016

Operates: Throughout England

Connected trustee network

The connection graph needs a free account.

This charity's record is public. The network of who else its trustees govern is compiled from the registers by us, and an account keeps it out of bulk scrapers.

Sign in, free

Find a path from this charity →

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 trustees on the board

9y median 10y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (2)

2
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 2Disability 2Economic/community Development/employment 2Education/training 2General Charitable Purposes 2Religious Activities 2The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 2Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity 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.

Business services 3Education 3Health and social care 3

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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.

🔒 Succession forecast is a Pro feature - the board seats likely to open in the next year and the ideal next trustee. Explore Pro →

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£755k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
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.

2.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 5.1 in 2021

16 from 13 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.
63 days
Latest accounts filed after the due dateiFiled after the due dateDate the accounts were received minus the reporting due date, latest filed cycle, Charity Commission register.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Related organisations

Connected through a shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.caritasshrewsbury.org.uk
Emailinfo@caritasshrewsbury.org.uk
Phone01516521281
AddressCaritas Diocese of Shrewsbury, Wheatland Lane, WALLASEY, CH44 7ED

Finances

£755,200 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£618,789£518,526
2022£599,915£525,182
2023£746,095£672,730
2024£653,244£750,209
2025£755,200£795,899

What it does

What

Education/trainingDisabilityThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyReligious ActivitiesHuman Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

TO FURTHER THE GENERAL CHARITABLE WORKS OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS TEACHINGS BOTH IN THE DIOCESE OF SHREWSBURY AND ELSEWHERE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY ADVANCING THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, FINANCIAL OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE.

Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 22 Sep 2016

Trustees (4)

4trustees
63median age
0aged 70+

Connected charities (9)

For recruiters

Tools for approaching charities and finding candidates. In development - register to get early access.

Report an error in this record - let us know.