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North London Cost Shop is a registered charity in England & Wales. Its register classifications include general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty.
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At a glance · official register
What are the key facts about North London Cost Shop?
Reported income · year ending 2025-03-31
£11,731,744
Reported spending · year ending 2025-03-31
£11,441,673
Registered charity number
1188028
Status in source extract
Registered
Charity type
CIO
Register contact address detail (not service area)
London
Registered for Gift Aid (HMRC)
Not recorded
Quick answer
North London Cost Shop (number 1188028) is listed as registered in the Charity Commission snapshot used here. Check the live register for its current position. Registration does not authenticate a particular fundraising appeal or establish the impact of a donation.
What does North London Cost Shop do?
The objectives for which the charity was formed are the relief of financial hardship for the public benefit by theprovision of household goods and food products at wholesale prices to people who might otherwise not be able toafford them. In order to achieve the charitable objectives, the charity is operating a low cost shop in North London.
Activities reported on the official register · extract 2026-10-04.
From the annual return
Pay, income, Gift Aid and registration details for North London Cost Shop
Answers North London Cost Shop gave in its annual return to the Charity Commission for the year ending 31 March 2025, plus its register entry. A blank answer in the return is shown as not reported, never as “no”.
How much are North London Cost Shop's highest-paid staff paid?
North London Cost Shop's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000.
The register reports headcounts in salary bands, not names. Individual pay is disclosed in the trustees' annual report.
Where does North London Cost Shop's money come from?
North London Cost Shop reported £12m total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £11m (98%), donations and legacies £266k (2%). Legacies (gifts in wills) contributed £266k.
Charitable activities (fees and contracts)£11m · 98%
Donations and legacies£266k · 2%
Can I claim Gift Aid, and are the trustees paid?
The register does not record North London Cost Shop as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid. Ask the charity before assuming a donation can be Gift Aided.
North London Cost Shop's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
Registration details
Registered as a charity
Where it says it operates
Throughout London
Who it supports and how it works
Reported beneficiaries: Children/young People; Elderly/old People; People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin; The General Public/mankind.
Reported activities: Provides Services.
Classifications supplied to the register; extract 2026-10-04. These broad categories do not establish eligibility or current capacity. Use the official contact details to ask about access, referrals and service area.
What causes is North London Cost Shop registered for?
General Charitable PurposesThe Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Why is there no Clarity Score for North London Cost Shop yet?
Our dataset does not yet contain the detailed filing history needed to score North London Cost Shop.
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The register data used for this profile lists North London Cost Shop as a registered charity (number 1188028) with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Check the current register entry. A real charity number does not verify a fundraiser or appeal, and registration is not an impact rating.
What is North London Cost Shop's charity number?
North London Cost Shop's charity number is 1188028. Check that number on the Charity Commission register or this CharityCompare profile before you donate.
How do I check charity number 1188028?
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What does North London Cost Shop do?
The objectives for which the charity was formed are the relief of financial hardship for the public benefit by theprovision of household goods and food products at wholesale prices to people who might otherwise not be able toafford them. In order to achieve the charitable objectives, the charity is operating a low cost shop in North London.
Does North London Cost Shop have reviews and complaints?
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for North London Cost Shop. This basic profile confirms registration and register facts. Rated charities also show a filing-based Clarity Score. For formal complaints, contact the Charity Commission for England and Wales or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How can I donate to North London Cost Shop?
North London Cost Shop does not list a website in its register entry. Its official Charity Commission entry lists its contact details — CharityCompare never processes donations.
How much is North London Cost Shop's chief executive paid?
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. North London Cost Shop's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000. Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Where does North London Cost Shop's money come from?
North London Cost Shop reported £12m total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £11m (98%), donations and legacies £266k (2%). Legacies (gifts in wills) contributed £266k.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to North London Cost Shop?
The register does not record North London Cost Shop as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid. Ask the charity before assuming a donation can be Gift Aided.
Are North London Cost Shop's trustees paid?
North London Cost Shop's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
When was North London Cost Shop registered as a charity?
North London Cost Shop was entered on the register on 18 February 2020.