Registered charity · West Midlands
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
- Annamarie HassallTrustee · since 2025
- Audrey CoutinhoTrustee · since 2021
- Carl Simon NicholsonTrustee · since 2024
- Cedric NtumbaTrustee · since 2025
- Christine Anne SwabeyTrustee · since 2024
- Ian Russell HughesTrustee · since 2025
- James StewartTrustee · since 2021
- Olly BenzecryTrustee · since 2023
- Omalara OyesanyaTrustee · since 2021
- Paul Michael BaldwinTrustee · since 2016
- Stephen PeggeTrustee · since 2021
- Stephen ShawTrustee · since 2022
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 totalFrom 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.
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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 total360Giving 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
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
Contracts awarded
1 contract · £150,000 totalFrom 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
- Annamarie Hassall since 2025
- Audrey Coutinho since 2021
- Carl Simon Nicholson since 2024
- Cedric Ntumba since 2025
- Christine Anne Swabey since 2024
- Ian Russell Hughes since 2025
- James Stewart since 2021
- Olly Benzecry since 2023
- Omalara Oyesanya since 2021
- Paul Michael Baldwin since 2016
- Stephen Pegge since 2021
- Stephen Shaw since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Paul Michael Baldwin since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- Annamarie Hassall since 2025
- Audrey Coutinho since 2021
- Carl Simon Nicholson since 2024
- Cedric Ntumba since 2025
- Christine Anne Swabey since 2024
- Ian Russell Hughes since 2025
- Olly Benzecry since 2023
- Omalara Oyesanya since 2021
- Stephen Pegge since 2021
- Stephen Shaw since 2022
Portfolio (2)
- James Stewart since 2021
- Paul Michael Baldwin since 2016
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
10.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 4.6 in 2021
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
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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