SHEFFCARE LIMITED

Registered charity 1054227 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

It operates and manages residential care homes for elderly persons in Sheffield and surrounding counties on a not for profit basis. The charity provides permanent respite and day care. Our aim is to ensure the dignity, quality of life and the highest level of individual independence possible for residents and other service users.

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Latest income
£17.4m
Latest spending
£16.5m
Registered
1996
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity concluded the year with a surplus of £2,927,730 and total unrestricted funds of £14,029,725. Per the trustees' report, free unrestricted reserves were £1,093,898, which is below the adopted reserves policy target of £1,274,881. The charity holds a significant defined benefit pension scheme surplus of £5,252,000.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: The charitable company owns 100% of its subsidiary Sheffcare Services Limited. Recoverable VAT from the subsidiary amounting to £194 has been recharged to the parent company in prior years and this amount remained outstanding at the year end (2024: £167).
“The charitable company owns 100% of its subsidiary Sheffcare Services Limited. Recoverable VAT from the subsidiary amounting to £194 has been recharged to the parent company in prior years and this amount remained outstanding at the year end (2024: £167). ” — page 47
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by MCABA Limited t/a Mitchells. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

CQC provider record: SheffCare Limited — Registered, 14 registered locations, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 22/06/2023.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£17.4m
Total spending
£16.5m
Cost of raising funds
£16k
Reserves (reported)
£1.1m
Employees
540

Reported reserves equal ~0.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Care Quality Commission ratings

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Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Barnsley · Derbyshire · Doncaster · Rotherham · Sheffield City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£17.4m£16.5m
31/03/2024£15.0m£14.8m
31/03/2023£12.1m£12.8m
31/03/2022£12.3m£12.7m
31/03/2021£13.3m£12.4m

Common questions

Is SHEFFCARE LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity concluded the year with a surplus of £2,927,730 and total unrestricted funds of £14,029,725. Per the trustees' report, free unrestricted reserves were £1,093,898, which is below the adopted reserves policy target of £1,274,881. The charity holds a significant defined benefit pension scheme surplus of £5,252,000. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by MCABA Limited t/a Mitchells.

Who funds SHEFFCARE LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SHEFFCARE LIMITED as a grant recipient include SHEFFIELD TOWN TRUST, THE HOSPITAL OF GILBERT, EARL OF SHREWSBURY AT SHEFFIELD.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
SHEFFIELD TOWN TRUSTFY2023£3kNon-recurring grant
THE HOSPITAL OF GILBERT, EARL OF SHREWSBURY AT SHEFFIELDFY2021£2k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England30/05/2025£13kDancing with Dementia
The National Lottery Community Fund23/08/2012£8kOutdoor Sensory Equipment for People with Dementia

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SHEFFIELD MIND LTD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SHEFFCARE LIMITED£17.4m——unclear—no doubt
SHEFFIELD MIND LTD FY2025£1.1m——unclear—no doubt
SHEFFIELD CHURCHES' COUNCIL FOR COMMUNITY CARE FY2025£1.3m——below—no doubt
SHEFFIELD HOSPITALS CHARITY FY2025£2.9m£70,001 - £80,0004unclear—no doubt
SHEFFIELD UNITED COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FY2025£2.5m£70,001 - £80,0001above—no doubt
SHEFFIELD AND HALLAMSHIRE COUNTY FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025£1.2m——above—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.