Common questions about Shelter, National Campaign for Homeless People Limited's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is Shelter, National Campaign for Homeless People Limited a good charity? +
Shelter, National Campaign for Homeless People Limited scores 66 out of 100 (3 stars — Needs improvement) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 59% of its spending goes to charitable activities (3-yr avg) and its accounts are up to date. That reflects how transparent and financially healthy it looks on paper — it does not measure the real-world impact of its work, so treat it as one factor alongside the cause you care about. CharityCompare never tells you where to donate.
Is Shelter, National Campaign for Homeless People Limited a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists Shelter, National Campaign for Homeless People Limited as a registered charity (charity number 263710). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=263710&subId=0. Check the current entry and the identity of anyone requesting money. Registration does not verify a particular appeal; Clarity Score summarises filing transparency, not programme impact.
What is Shelter, National Campaign for Homeless People Limited's charity number? +
Shelter, National Campaign for Homeless People Limited's charity number is 263710. Check that number on the official register (Charity Commission, OSCR or CCNI) or this CharityCompare profile before you donate — scammers sometimes reuse real numbers on fake appeals.
What is Shelter, National Campaign for Homeless People Limited's charity rating? +
Shelter, National Campaign for Homeless People Limited scores 66 out of 100 on CharityCompare (3 stars — Needs improvement). The Clarity Score (method v1.1) sums four pillars from UK regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 pts), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10). Stars use the same bands as those labels — 90+ is 5★ Exceptional. It is not an impact ranking.
Does Shelter, National Campaign for Homeless People Limited have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Shelter, National Campaign for Homeless People Limited. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (one red flag on this profile: high fundraising costs). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How much of my donation reaches Shelter, National Campaign for Homeless People Limited? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 59% of Shelter, National Campaign for Homeless People Limited's total spending went to charitable activities (3-yr avg across disclosed years). That is the closest official figure to "how much of your donation reaches the cause" — it is an average across all spending in the filing, not a pound-by-pound breakdown of an individual gift.
What are Shelter, National Campaign for Homeless People Limited's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 35% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 36% of expenditure (2023–2025, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at Shelter, National Campaign for Homeless People Limited. Shelter, National Campaign for Homeless People Limited's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 54 employees paid more than £60,000, including 9 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £150,001–£200,000 (1 employee). Individual salaries, including the chief executive's, are disclosed in the trustees' annual report rather than on the register.
How much income does Shelter, National Campaign for Homeless People Limited receive? +
Shelter, National Campaign for Homeless People Limited reported £77m total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: stable.
Are Shelter, National Campaign for Homeless People Limited's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2025-12-22). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is Shelter, National Campaign for Homeless People Limited based? +
Shelter, National Campaign for Homeless People Limited's registered contact address is in London (EC1V 9HU). It tells the regulator it operates in England, Scotland, with a focus on homelessness.
How much is Shelter, National Campaign for Homeless People Limited's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Shelter, National Campaign for Homeless People Limited's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 54 employees paid more than £60,000, including 9 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £150,001–£200,000 (1 employee). 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 Shelter, National Campaign for Homeless People Limited's money come from? +
Shelter, National Campaign for Homeless People Limited reported £77m total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were donations and legacies £50m (64%), trading and fundraising events £14m (18%), charitable activities £13m (17%). Legacies (gifts in wills) contributed £7m.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Shelter, National Campaign for Homeless People Limited? +
The register records Shelter, National Campaign for Homeless People Limited as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are Shelter, National Campaign for Homeless People Limited's trustees paid? +
Shelter, National Campaign for Homeless People Limited's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
What was Shelter, National Campaign for Homeless People Limited previously called? +
The register lists this previous name for Shelter, National Campaign for Homeless People Limited: Shelter, National Campaign for the Homeless Limited.
When was Shelter, National Campaign for Homeless People Limited registered as a charity? +
Shelter, National Campaign for Homeless People Limited was entered on the register on 16 March 1972. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 01038133).
How does CharityCompare score Shelter, National Campaign for Homeless People Limited? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in Shelter, National Campaign for Homeless People Limited's regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 points — filing history, trustees, policies), Financial Health (30 — reserves, income trend, debt), Financial Efficiency (20 — cause spend and fundraising cost, on a graduated scale) and Community Support (10 — volunteer-to-staff ratio). An open statutory inquiry scores 0. The score measures reporting on paper, not programme impact. CharityCompare is free for donors, takes no commission on donations, and scores cannot be bought.
How often is this page updated? +
This profile was last updated on 6 September 2026 from the latest UK regulator data available to CharityCompare, and Shelter, National Campaign for Homeless People Limited's most recent accounts cover 2025. Scores and figures refresh whenever we re-ingest the register, so the page reflects our latest data pull rather than a one-off review.