THE CATHEDRAL ARCHER PROJECT LIMITED

Registered charity 1064818 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CATHEDRAL BREAKFAST PROJECT, CBA PROJECTS LIMITED

The CAP is a day centre for homeless and vulnerable adults based in Sheffield City Centre. Services provided are(showers, free telephone, free breakfasts, subsidised lunches, access to health care professionals, education, football, sewing, literacy & numeracy, internet access,advice & guidance session, signposting and working alongside other agencies) Also offered are a variety of activities.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£994k

Latest spending

£1.1m

Registered

1997

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a group deficit of £90,151 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in a decrease in total reserves to £443,661. The trustees confirm that free reserves of £355,537 remain within the stated policy target range of three to six months' costs, and the accounts are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified by the auditors.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to six months’ total costs in the budget for the following financial year, currently amounting to £300,000 to £600,000 (held: £356k)

“The Board believes that a range of three to six months’ total costs in the budget for the following financial year, currently amounting to £300,000 to £600,000, should be held.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Trading subsidiary: Archer Project Enterprises Limited

“Archer Project Enterprises Limited (Company number: 07431294) is a 100% owned subsidiary.” — page 40

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Xeinadin Audit. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Cathedral Archer Project (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Tim Renshaw — Chief Executive Officer (source)
Karl Dalgleish — Co-Chair of Trustees (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Beaverbrooks Charity Foundation — “Since then their staff have raised over £7,000 which has been matched by the Beaverbrooks Charity Foundation.” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income

£994k

Total spending

£1.1m

Cost of raising funds

£218k

Reserves (reported)

£444k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~4.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 22.0% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Anne Kerslake
Charlotte Ann Shepherd
JOHN ROBERTS · trustee of 1 other charity
Karl Andrew Dalgleish
Kevin Anthony Rhone
Lawrence Lewis Swycher
Mark Stephen Mitchell
Richard Taylor
Steven Crookes
Yasmin Knight

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

Operates in: Sheffield City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£994k	£1.1m
31/12/2024	£1.1m	£1.1m
31/12/2023	£1.1m	£929k
31/12/2022	£883k	£951k
31/12/2021	£828k	£946k

Common questions

Is THE CATHEDRAL ARCHER PROJECT LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a group deficit of £90,151 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in a decrease in total reserves to £443,661. The trustees confirm that free reserves of £355,537 remain within the stated policy target range of three to six months' costs, and the accounts are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified by the auditors. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Xeinadin Audit.

Who funds THE CATHEDRAL ARCHER PROJECT LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE CATHEDRAL ARCHER PROJECT LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST, THE ALBERT GUBAY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, CHURCH BURGESSES TRUST, UTILITA GIVING, THE SWANN-MORTON FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST	FY2022	£25k	TERM FUNDING
THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST	FY2024	£25k	Term Funding
THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST	FY2023	£25k	Term Funding
THE ALBERT GUBAY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2023	£22k
CHURCH BURGESSES TRUST	FY2021	£10k	General Charitable Grants
UTILITA GIVING	FY2025	£8k	Fuel/food poverty support
CHURCH BURGESSES TRUST	FY2023	£8k	General Charitable
CHURCH BURGESSES TRUST	FY2024	£8k	General charitable grant
CHURCH BURGESSES TRUST	FY2022	£8k	General charitable grant
THE SWANN-MORTON FOUNDATION	FY2025	£6k
THE J G GRAVES CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£3k
THE J G GRAVES CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£3k
THE HOSPITAL OF GILBERT, EARL OF SHREWSBURY AT SHEFFIELD	FY2024	£3k	social welfare
SHEFFIELD TOWN TRUST	FY2025	£3k
THE HOSPITAL OF GILBERT, EARL OF SHREWSBURY AT SHEFFIELD	FY2022	£3k	social welfare
UTILITA GIVING	FY2024	£3k
UTILITA GIVING	FY2023	£3k	Food poverty
PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ABBEYDALE AND MILLHOUSES	FY2022	£2k	Harvest Appeal
SHEFFIELD TOWN TRUST	FY2022	£2k
PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ABBEYDALE AND MILLHOUSES	FY2024	£1k	Harvest Appeal
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL FOR THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARK'S, BROOMHILL, SHEFFIELD	FY2022	£1k	Home Donation
THE AUSTIN AND HOPE PILKINGTON TRUST	FY2021	£1k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST, RANMOOR, SHEFFIELD	FY2021	£307	General charitable objects
PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ABBEYDALE AND MILLHOUSES	FY2023	£64	Harvest Appeal
SHEFFIELD TOWN TRUST	FY2023	—	Annually recurring grant

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	22/03/2017	£10k	Printed By us
The National Lottery Community Fund	18/06/2014	£395k	Step Forward
The National Lottery Community Fund	13/10/2010	£389k	First Steps to Stability

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE REED FOUNDATION	1	—
THE JOHNSON FOUNDATION	1	£10k
THE AMELIA CHADWICK TRUST	1	£9k
THE SIMMONS AND SIMMONS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£8k
THE HEMBY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£2k
GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£1k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF NEW BRIGHTON ST. JAMES WITH EMMANUEL	1	£560
THE STEVE MORGAN FOUNDATION	1	£0

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES PROJECT EALING (C.A.P.E.).

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES PROJECT EALING (C.A.P.E.) income £675k
ORWELL MENCAP income £2.1m
WIRRAL CHURCHES' ARK PROJECT income £1.7m
MENCAP IN KIRKLEES income £3.6m
CATHOLICS FOR AIDS PREVENTION AND SUPPORT (CAPS) CIO income £106k
HAVEN HOUSE PROJECT income £503k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE CATHEDRAL ARCHER PROJECT LIMITED	£994k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES PROJECT EALING (C.A.P.E.) FY2025	£675k	more than £60,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
ORWELL MENCAP FY2025	£2.1m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WIRRAL CHURCHES' ARK PROJECT FY2025	£1.7m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MENCAP IN KIRKLEES FY2025	£3.6m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CATHOLICS FOR AIDS PREVENTION AND SUPPORT (CAPS) CIO FY2025	£106k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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