# SHANNON TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1117249
- **Other names:** THE SHANNON TRUST
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Dec. 14, 2006
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1117249


## Contact

- **Address:** International House, 101 King's Cross Road, LONDON
- **Postcode:** WC1X 9LP
- **Phone:** 0203 764 5250
- **Email:** communications@shannontrust.org.uk
- **Website:** www.shannontrust.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS") ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE PROMOTION OF:1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION;2. THE REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS;3. THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP SICKNESS AND DISTRESS OF INMATES OR FORMER INMATES AND THEIR FAMILIES OF PRISONS, YOUNG OFFENDERS' INSTITUTIONS, SECURE UNITS IN HIGH SECURITY PSYCHIATRIC OR OTHER HOSPITAL UNITS AND OFFENDERS OR FORMER OFFENDERS SUBJECT TO NON -CUSTODIAL COMMUNITY ORDERS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM; AND4. TO PROMOTE LITERACY SCHEMES AND SIMILAR EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES.NOTHING IN THESE ARTICLES AUTHORISES AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CHARITY FOR PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOR CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH S.7 CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008

**Activities:** Delivering a peer-led Reading Plan where prisoners who can read teach prisoners who cannot in prisons across England, Wales & Northern Ireland.

**Area of benefit:** IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** Education/training
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £3580596 | £3525639 | £862326 | 88 |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £2468002 | £2248852 | £807369 | 48 |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £1110478 | £1118728 | £588219 | 19 |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £789717 | £755709 | £596469 | 11 |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £813452 | £657609 | £562461 | 10 |



## Trustees

- Andrew Michael Reid — appointed Sept. 2, 2019
- Brenda Rose Bates — appointed May 31, 2019
- Ceri Godwin — appointed July 28, 2021
- David Thomas Siesage — appointed Dec. 10, 2025
- Diana Christina Magnay — appointed Dec. 10, 2025
- Joanna Nadine Marston — appointed Sept. 14, 2022
- John Bensted — appointed Feb. 25, 2016
- Loraine Victoria Foster De Nunez — appointed Dec. 10, 2025
- Lucy Manuela de Groot — appointed April 15, 2026
- Pankaj Sethi — appointed Dec. 15, 2021
- Rebecca Isha Page — appointed Dec. 10, 2025
- Thomas Robert Saunders — appointed May 3, 2023
- William Idris Griffin Payne — appointed Sept. 1, 2017