01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC039856
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Cross Border
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- UK and overseas
- Volunteers
- Not supplied
- Staff
- 4,998
- Postcode
- B69 2DG
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of education
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- People with disabilities or health problems
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The objects of the company are: (a) 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. (b) The promotion of the health, equality and independence of disabled people. and (c) 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.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Total income | Donations | Charitable activities income | Trading income | Investment income | Other income | Total expenditure | Raising funds | Charitable activities spending | Other spending | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2025 | £291,074,000 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £289,069,000 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 4,998 | 4 June 2026 |
| 31 August 2024 | £315,754,000 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £289,128,000 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 4,998 | 30 May 2025 |
| 31 August 2023 | £302,005,000 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £316,412,000 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 4,998 | 31 May 2024 |
| 31 August 2022 | £295,962,000 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £294,753,000 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 4,998 | 31 May 2023 |
| 31 August 2021 | £263,402,000 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £234,901,000 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 4,998 | 16 June 2022 |
Figures are those reported by the charity and supplied in the OSCR bulk download. Blank facts remain distinct from zero.
04 Contact record
Principal office or trustees address
- Address supplied to OSCR
- Black Country House, Rounds Green Road, Oldbury
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.shaw-trust.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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