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shell foundation

The charity supports the general public. Shell Foundation is a registered charity whose purpose is education and training. It delivers its work by making grants to organisations. The charity is based in London and operates in Brazil, China, and various other locations.


This page summarises publicly available information about the charity, including its activities, beneficiaries, and registration details, based on official records.

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Activities & Mission

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.

Fundraising

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Financial Information

Latest Income
£29,307,733
Latest Expenditure
£32,637,638

Financial Efficiency

Program Ratio 109.0%
% of income going directly to charitable activities
Overall Efficiency 97.9%
% of expenditure going to programs (vs overhead)
Administrative Ratio 3.5%
Overhead (fundraising + governance) as % of total expenditure

Latest Financial Breakdown

Income Sources

Donations & Legacies £21,017,077
Charitable Activities £0
Other Trading £0
Investments £8,290,656
Other Income £0

Expenditure Categories

Charitable Expenditure £31,940,245
Raising Funds £697,393
Governance £438,736
Grants to Institutions £6,599,419
Other Expenditure £0

Financial Trend

Annual Returns

Financial YearIncomeExpenditureCharitable SpendingNet AssetsReservesStaff
2024£29,307,733£32,637,638£31,940,245£536,182,450£12,674,51936 / 0
2023£23,024,310£30,159,070£29,393,129£505,944,199£7,071,83037 / 0
2022£26,515,629£24,554,472£24,089,572£494,444,327£8,037,47226 / 0
2021£18,698,801£21,396,765£20,994,577£499,489,385£6,144,16225 / 0
2020£24,291,362£34,456,292£34,058,892£459,668,479£11,958,35625 / 0

Staff column shows: Employees / Volunteers