SHELL FOUNDATION
Activities
As described by the charity on the register
Shell Foundation mission is to apply business thinking to major social and environmental issues linked to the energy sector - and seek to relieve poverty and hardship and protect the environment, for the public benefit, through the promotion and development of business-based solutions and supportive market environments, to target large scale impact.
Latest income
£29.3m
Expenditure
£32.6m
Financial year end
2024-12-31
Income & spending history
As reported to the Charity Commission, by financial year end
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-12-31 | £24.3m | £34.5m | |
| 2021-12-31 | £18.7m | £21.4m | |
| 2022-12-31 | £26.5m | £24.6m | |
| 2023-12-31 | £23.0m | £30.2m | |
| 2024-12-31 | £29.3m | £32.6m |
Latest detailed return
Year end 2024-12-31 · consolidated (group) figures
Income mix
| Donations & legacies | £21.0m |
| Charitable activities | £0 |
| Trading | £0 |
| Investment income | £8.3m |
| Total income | £29.3m |
Spending
| Charitable spend | £31.9m |
| Raising funds | £697k |
| Grants to institutions | £6.6m |
| Governance | £439k |
| Total expenditure | £32.6m |
Balance sheet
| Reserves | £12.7m |
| Total funds | £536m |
| — restricted | £25.5m |
| — unrestricted | £26.1m |
| — endowment | £485m |
| Total assets | £536m |
| Cash | £13.1m |
People
| Employees | 36 |
Classification
The charity's own register classification
What it does
- Education/training
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Environment/conservation/heritage
- Economic/community Development/employment
Who it helps
- The General Public/mankind
How it works
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Provides Other Finance
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales register, 2026-07-28. Detailed figures as filed in the charity's annual return. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.