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Registered charity · London

Shelter, National Campaign for Homeless People Limited

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £77m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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

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About

What it does
Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Throughout England, Scotland
Website
www.shelter.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Shelter, the National Campaign for Homeless People Limited
Registered
1972

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£77m£80m
  • 2024£81m£83m
  • 2023£74m£83m
Earlier years
  • 2022£75m£74m
  • 2021£73m£72m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 10% · Government grants 4%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO PLAY A CREATIVE PART IN THE LIFE OF THE NATION BY RELIEVING HUMAN SUFFERING IRRESPECTIVE OF COLOUR, CREED OR CLASS AND FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES: (I) TO RELIEVE HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS AMONG HOMELESS PEOPLE AND AMONG THOSE IN NEED WHO ARE LIVING IN ADVERSE HOUSING CONDITIONS. (II) TO MAKE MONIES AVAILABLE TO HOUSING ASSOCIATIONS AND OTHER BODIES (WHETHER CORPORATE OR NOT) WHOSE AIMS BEING CHARITABLE ARE THE RELIEF OF SUCH HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS. (III) TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND DISTRESS (IV) TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC CONCERNING THE NATURE, CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF HOMELESSNESS, HUMAN SUFFERING, POVERTY AND DISTRESS AS AFORESAID AND TO CONDUCT AND PROCURE RESEARCH CONCERNING THE SAME AND TO MAKE AVAILABLE THE USEFUL RESULTS THEREAFTER TO THE PUBLIC.

Grants received

84 grants · £34,525,323 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

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £19,900,214 (28 grants)
  • London Councils · £7,720,698 (2 grants)
  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities · £1,946,463 (2 grants)
  • National Emergencies Trust · £1,470,069
  • Postcode Support Trust · £900,000 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £386,3112026-03-12
  • The Caerlow Trust £200,0002026-03-10
  • SHAREGIFT £75,0002026-03-09
  • SHAREGIFT £2,5002025-12-10
  • Hackney Council £40,8002025-10-15
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.

11 trustees on the board

2.9y median 3y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
8.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (1)

8
company-linked trustees

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

Economic/community Development/employment 11Education/training 11The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 11

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

Health and social care 11Business services 2Education 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£77.0m 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.

1.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 4.7 in 2021

1226 from 1335 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.
14%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
263710
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 13/01/1972AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19/06/1974AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14/11/1985AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 18/12/1990AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 09/09/1993AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17/03/1997AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 12/11/2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07/02/2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10/09/2007NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 27/09/2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 08/02/2012
Companies House
Company number 01038133 · Active
Contact on the register
03003301234 · info@shelter.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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