Shared Services for Charities was registered as a Company Limited By Guarantee under the Charities Act on 02 July 2009. Its mission is to "provide shared services to charities for better governance and organisational excellence and to provide strategic partnership and professional volunteerism for non-profit capability building." To enhance its standing in the charities sector nationally, Shared Services for Charities achieved Institution of a Public Character status on 10 July 2009. Shared Services for Charities won the prestigious Charity Transparency Awards 2016, organised by the Charity Council, Singapore.