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The Shaw Trust Limited

The Shaw Trust Limited is a registered charity (number 287785) based in West Midlands, governed by 12 trustees. Latest income £291m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

Also known as Shaw Trust (Charity Commission)

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £291m (2025)

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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

3 contracts · £3,330,000 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.

  • SEND Post 16 Supported Internships Framework Buyer: London Borough of Hackney £3,330,000 2025-07-24 CPV 80340000 Source: Contracts Finder

    The London Borough of Hackney has appointed 3 providers to a framework to provide Special Educational Needs Supported Internship placements for young people in the borough. A key objective of this framework will be for each intern to be equ…

  • REQ-1664 Connect to Work Lot 1A- Individual Placement and Supported (IPS) Out of Work-Lincolnshire Buyer: Lincolnshire County Council Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

    This Further Competition opportunity seeks to commission the delivery of a voluntary Connect to Work provision under Lot 1A (Individual Placement and Support - Out of Work) within Lincolnshire which contributes to the objectives set out by …

  • Open Framework for the Connect to Work Programme across Greater Lincolnshire Buyer: Lincolnshire County Council Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

    Lincolnshire County Council (LCC) are committed to delivering the Connect to Work scheme across Greater Lincolnshire via a combination of in-house and external partner support. LCC are launching an Open Framework for the provision for the C…

    Framework

About

What it does
Education/training, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Australia, Poland, Romania and more
Website
www.shaw-trust.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Shaw Trust Limited
Registered
1983

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£291m£289m
  • 2024£316m£289m
  • 2023£302m£316m
Earlier years
  • 2022£296m£295m
  • 2021£263m£235m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 91%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

1. TO RELIEVE ANY PERSON WHO IS IN NEED BECAUSE OF ANY DISABILITY OR BECAUSE OF ANY OTHER DISADVANTAGE RESULTING FROM UNEMPLOYMENT, YOUTH, AGE, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, ILL-HEALTH OR BECAUSE THEY ARE OFFENDERS, EX-OFFENDERS OR ARE AT RISK OF OFFENDING;2. THE PROMOTION OF THE HEALTH, EQUALITY AND INDEPENDENCE OF DISABLED PEOPLE; AND3. THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY;IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING EDUCATION, TRAINING, REHABILITATION, SUPPORT, EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES. THE COMPANY WILL BE NON-PARTY IN POLITICS AND NON-SECTARIAN IN RELIGION.

Grants received

22 grants · £7,343,776 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 · £7,031,896 (15 grants)
  • Northern Rock Foundation · £195,880 (3 grants)
  • CHK Foundation · £91,500 (3 grants)
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £24,500

Most recent

  • CHK Foundation £30,0002023-09-06
  • CHK Foundation £1,5002023-02-10
  • CHK Foundation £60,0002022-05-11
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £1,237,0242016-11-09
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £765,9002016-11-09

Contracts awarded

1 contract · £150,000 total

From Contracts Finder and Find a Tender (Open Government Licence v3.0), where this organisation is recorded as the buyer. Suppliers are matched to a Governance Register company or charity page at confidence 0.7 or higher; below that they are shown by name only.

Top suppliers

  • Unknown supplier · £150,000

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.

12 trustees on the board

3.7y median 3.5y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (2)

12
company-linked trustees

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

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 12Disability 11Education/training 11Overseas Aid/famine Relief 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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 15Education 8Other services 5

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£291.1m latest income · income exceeded spending 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.

10.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 4.6 in 2021

4998 from 4773 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
287785
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 03/08/1983AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26/09/2002AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 02/05/2007NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 07/01/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26/05/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 08/05/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 02/09/2013AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 06/11/2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 08 AUG 2018
Companies House
Company number 01744121 · Active
Contact on the register
0300 30 33 111 · Companysecretary@shaw-trust.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
Labels
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