SHARROW COMMUNITY FORUM LIMITED

Registered charity 1081829 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SHARROW COMMUNITY FORUM

The activities of the charity aim to meet the following criteriaTo attract and maintain public and private resources into the areaTo foster a vibrant and active communityTo improve community use of the natural and built environmentTo improve local use of public servicesTo improve the sustainabitltiy of the organisation

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£3.0m
Latest spending
£772k
Registered
2000
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £2,211,257 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven significantly by grant funding from the Youth Investment Fund. Per the trustees' report, free unrestricted reserves stood at £504,606, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet the charity's policy target of maintaining three to six months of normal operational expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Youth Investment Fund (77% of income)
“Youth Investment Fund 128,668 2,177,315 2,305,983” — page 25
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three and six months' normal operational expenditure (held: £505k)
“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six months' normal operational expenditure” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Winter & Co. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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.

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

Total income
£3.0m
Total spending
£772k
Reserves (reported)
£2.6m
Employees
13

Reported reserves equal ~40.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Sheffield City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£3.0m£772k
31/03/2024£846k£559k
31/03/2023£528k£553k
31/03/2022£839k£745k
31/03/2021£614k£580k

Common questions

Is SHARROW COMMUNITY FORUM LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £2,211,257 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven significantly by grant funding from the Youth Investment Fund. Per the trustees' report, free unrestricted reserves stood at £504,606, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet the charity's policy target of maintaining three to six months of normal operational expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Winter & Co.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund15/01/2026£14kFood for Futures
Sport England06/10/2025£12kMove Your Body!
The National Lottery Community Fund19/10/2018£351kOne for All, All for One
The National Lottery Community Fund14/09/2016£9kMade in Sharrow
The National Lottery Community Fund29/04/2015£8kSharrow Social Media Centre
The National Lottery Community Fund30/05/2012£6kBlend Cafe

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SHREWSBURY HOUSE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SHARROW COMMUNITY FORUM LIMITED£3.0m—0above—no doubt
SHREWSBURY HOUSE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025£279k—0below—no doubt
CITY GATE COMMUNITY PROJECTS FY2025£800k—0unclear—no doubt
SHIRLEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£200k—0unclear—no doubt
CURROCK COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£142kUnder £60,0000unclear—no doubt
COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF LANCASHIRE FY2025£738k——below—no doubt

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