Find that Charity | GB-CHC-1049907 | The Shears Foundation

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Description

Funding selected organisations and projects in community development, environmental, sustainable development, health & welfare and culture all with an emphasis on education and raising awareness and generally, but not exclusively, in or for the benefit of the north east of England

Also known as

The Shears Charitable Trust
Shears Foundation
The Shears Foundation

CCEW Charity number

1049907

Registered

17 October 1995

Postcode

NE3 1DD

Website

shearsfoundation.org

Domain

shearsfoundation.org

Latest income

£854,842 (on 30 June 2023)

This organisation record is based on data from Registered charities in England and Wales published by Charity Commission for England and Wales.

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The Shears Foundation

GB-CHC-1049907

Locations

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Areas of operation in the UK

Registered Office in the UK

Newcastle upon Tyne

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Themes and activities

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This organisation has been classified using different categories:

International Classification of Non-profit and Third Sector Organizations (ICNP/TSO)

ICNP/TSO categories have been automatically assigned from a machine learning model, as part of the UK Charity Classification project.

Grant-making foundations H10

UK Charity Activity Tags

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Economic and community development EC » Community development EC101
Education ED
Health HE

Theme (CCEW)

Education/training 102
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 103
Disability 104
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 105
Overseas Aid/famine Relief 106
Arts/culture/heritage/science 109
Environment/conservation/heritage 112
Economic/community Development/employment 113

Beneficiaries (CCEW)

Children/young People 201
Elderly/old People 202
People With Disabilities 203
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies 205
The General Public/mankind 207

Activities (CCEW)

Makes Grants To Organisations 302
Sponsors Or Undertakes Research 308

Scale of operation

Regional

The Shears Foundation

GB-CHC-1049907

Charity financial history

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Year ending	Income (£)	Spending (£)
1995-10-17	Registered as a charity
2004-04-05	196,584	250,440
2005-04-05	312,937	389,641
2006-03-31	357,574	455,397
2007-03-31	876,695	852,617
2008-03-31	862,374	720,711
2009-03-31	573,430	903,297
2010-03-31	582,612	701,847
2011-03-31	487,349	659,198
2012-03-31	493,819	637,207
2013-03-31	509,807	783,010
2014-03-31	510,052	736,406
2015-03-31	456,272	741,336
2016-03-31	453,471	898,780
2017-03-31	532,414	837,621
2018-03-31	504,512	888,521
2019-03-31	570,784	977,375
2020-03-31	658,996	751,570
2021-03-31	544,514	542,197
2022-03-31	385,440	892,281
2023-06-30	854,842	1,267,226

Income and Spending

Funds and Reserves

Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

The Shears Foundation

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Charity people

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	2023 £	2022 £
Employees	-
Employees paid more than £60,000	-	-
Volunteers	-	-
Trustees	8

Employees

Volunteers

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The Shears Foundation

GB-CHC-1049907

Statement of Financial Activities

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Statement of financial activities for year ended 30 June 2023.

Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.

	2023 £m	2022 £m
Incoming resources
Donations and other voluntary income	0.3
Legacies	-
Endowments	-
Donations and legacies	0.3
Income from charitable activities	-
Income from other trading activities	-
Income from investments	0.6
Other income	-
Total	0.9	0.4

Expenditure
Investment management	0.1
Other spending on raising funds	-
Spending on raising funds	0.1
Grants to institutions	1.0
Other charitable activities	0.1
Charitable activities	1.1
Other spending	-
Total	1.3	0.9

Net income / (expenditure)	(0.4)	(0.5)

The Shears Foundation

GB-CHC-1049907

Balance sheet

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Balance sheet at 30 June 2023.

	2023 £m	2022 £m
Fixed assets
Tangible and intangible assets	-
Investment assets	17.2
	17.2

Current assets
Current investment assets	-
Cash	0.2
Other current assets	-
	0.2

Creditors
Amounts falling due within one year	(0.1)
Net current assets	0.1

Total assets less current liabilities	17.2

Creditors
Amounts falling due after one year	-

Net assets	17.2

Funds
Endowment funds	16.9
Restricted funds	-
Unrestricted funds	0.3
	17.2

The Shears Foundation

GB-CHC-1049907

Income from government

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According to data returned to the Charity Commission, this charity did not receive income from government grants or contracts in 2023 (the latest year with data available) or 2022.