THE SHAW TRUST LIMITED
Activities
As described by the charity on the register
Shaw Trust provides services to people who are disabled or otherwise disadvantaged, principally to help them find employment or to develop work and independence skills.
Latest income
£291m
Expenditure
£289m
Financial year end
2025-08-31
Income & spending history
As reported to the Charity Commission, by financial year end
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-31 | £263m | £235m | |
| 2022-08-31 | £296m | £295m | |
| 2023-08-31 | £302m | £316m | |
| 2024-08-31 | £316m | £289m | |
| 2025-08-31 | £291m | £289m |
Latest detailed return
Year end 2025-08-31 · consolidated (group) figures
Income mix
| Donations & legacies | £5.6m |
| Charitable activities | £281m |
| Trading | £3.5m |
| Investment income | £714k |
| Total income | £291m |
Spending
| Charitable spend | £285m |
| Raising funds | £4.1m |
| Grants to institutions | £0 |
| Governance | £1.7m |
| Total expenditure | £289m |
Balance sheet
| Reserves | £244m |
| Total funds | £244m |
| — restricted | £208m |
| — unrestricted | £35.9m |
| — endowment | £0 |
| Total assets | £244m |
| Cash | £27.3m |
People
| Employees | 4,998 |
Classification
The charity's own register classification
What it does
- Education/training
- Disability
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Economic/community Development/employment
Who it helps
- Children/young People
- Elderly/old People
- People With Disabilities
- Other Defined Groups
How it works
- Provides Services
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
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.