The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Shaw Trust Limited

Registered charity 287785 Registered since 1983

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Australia, Poland, Romania, Scotland

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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

10.9y
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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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.

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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.shaw-trust.org.uk
EmailCompanysecretary@shaw-trust.org.uk
Phone0300 30 33 111
AddressSHAW TRUST, Black Country House, Rounds Green Road, Oldbury, West Midlands, B69 2DG

Finances

£291,074,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£263,402,000£234,901,000
2022£295,851,000£294,753,000
2023£302,005,000£316,412,000
2024£315,754,000£289,128,000
2025£291,074,000£289,069,000

What it does

What

Education/trainingDisabilityThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Defined Groups

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

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.

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

Trustees (12)

12trustees
64median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Shaw Trust Limited(the) · 01744121 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 03/08/1983

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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