Common questions about Spina Bifida, Hydrocephalus, Information, Networking, Equality - Shine's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is Spina Bifida, Hydrocephalus, Information, Networking, Equality - Shine a good charity? +
Spina Bifida, Hydrocephalus, Information, Networking, Equality - Shine scores 78 out of 100 (4 stars — Good) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 67% 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 Spina Bifida, Hydrocephalus, Information, Networking, Equality - Shine a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists Spina Bifida, Hydrocephalus, Information, Networking, Equality - Shine as a registered charity (charity number 249338). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=249338&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 Spina Bifida, Hydrocephalus, Information, Networking, Equality - Shine's charity number? +
Spina Bifida, Hydrocephalus, Information, Networking, Equality - Shine's charity number is 249338. 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 Spina Bifida, Hydrocephalus, Information, Networking, Equality - Shine's charity rating? +
Spina Bifida, Hydrocephalus, Information, Networking, Equality - Shine scores 78 out of 100 on CharityCompare (4 stars — Good). 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 Spina Bifida, Hydrocephalus, Information, Networking, Equality - Shine have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Spina Bifida, Hydrocephalus, Information, Networking, Equality - Shine. 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 Spina Bifida, Hydrocephalus, Information, Networking, Equality - Shine? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 67% of Spina Bifida, Hydrocephalus, Information, Networking, Equality - Shine'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 Spina Bifida, Hydrocephalus, Information, Networking, Equality - Shine's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 33% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 35% of expenditure (2023–2025, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at Spina Bifida, Hydrocephalus, Information, Networking, Equality - Shine. Spina Bifida, Hydrocephalus, Information, Networking, Equality - Shine's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 2 employees paid more than £60,000. The highest reported pay band is £80,001–£90,000 (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 Spina Bifida, Hydrocephalus, Information, Networking, Equality - Shine receive? +
Spina Bifida, Hydrocephalus, Information, Networking, Equality - Shine reported £2.5m total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: stable.
Are Spina Bifida, Hydrocephalus, Information, Networking, Equality - Shine's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2025-10-21). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is Spina Bifida, Hydrocephalus, Information, Networking, Equality - Shine based? +
Spina Bifida, Hydrocephalus, Information, Networking, Equality - Shine's registered contact address is in Peterborough (PE2 6FT). It tells the regulator it operates in England and Wales, Northern Ireland, with a focus on disability.
How much is Spina Bifida, Hydrocephalus, Information, Networking, Equality - Shine's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Spina Bifida, Hydrocephalus, Information, Networking, Equality - Shine's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 2 employees paid more than £60,000. The highest reported pay band is £80,001–£90,000 (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 Spina Bifida, Hydrocephalus, Information, Networking, Equality - Shine's money come from? +
Spina Bifida, Hydrocephalus, Information, Networking, Equality - Shine reported £2.5m total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were donations and legacies £1.8m (73%), trading and fundraising events £593k (24%), investments £67k (3%). Legacies (gifts in wills) contributed £347k.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Spina Bifida, Hydrocephalus, Information, Networking, Equality - Shine? +
The register records Spina Bifida, Hydrocephalus, Information, Networking, Equality - Shine 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 Spina Bifida, Hydrocephalus, Information, Networking, Equality - Shine's trustees paid? +
Spina Bifida, Hydrocephalus, Information, Networking, Equality - Shine's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
What was Spina Bifida, Hydrocephalus, Information, Networking, Equality - Shine previously called? +
The register lists these previous names for Spina Bifida, Hydrocephalus, Information, Networking, Equality - Shine: Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus; Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus Limited; Spina Bifida, Hydrocephalus, Information, Networking, Equality - Shine LTD..
When was Spina Bifida, Hydrocephalus, Information, Networking, Equality - Shine registered as a charity? +
Spina Bifida, Hydrocephalus, Information, Networking, Equality - Shine was entered on the register on 1 October 1966. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 00877990).
How does CharityCompare score Spina Bifida, Hydrocephalus, Information, Networking, Equality - Shine? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in Spina Bifida, Hydrocephalus, Information, Networking, Equality - Shine'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 Spina Bifida, Hydrocephalus, Information, Networking, Equality - Shine'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.