UPPERTHORPE & NETHERTHORPE HEALTHY LIVING CENTRE TRUST

Registered charity 1090345 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as UPPERTHORPE HLC

The provision of health, recreation, leisure and educational opportunities, particularly in the Netherthorpe, Upperthorpe and Langsett areas of Sheffield.. The key focus of provision is the Zest Centre - a healthy living centre comprising a public swimming pool, gym, library, cafe, meeting rooms, office space and a range of health promotion and public health initiatives.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£115k
Latest spending
£211k
Registered
2002
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a deficit of £95,854 for the year, with unrestricted funds showing a deficit of £13,728 before transfers. Per the trustees' report, freely available unrestricted reserves were £2,210, which is below the stated policy target of three to six months' expenditure. The charity relies heavily on grant funding from Sheffield City Council, which accounted for all incoming resources.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three and six month’s expenditure (held: £2k)
“It is the policy of the charitable company that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six month’s expenditure.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

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£115k£211k
31/03/2024£80k£176k
31/03/2023£80k£174k
31/03/2022£80k£176k
31/03/2021£80k£176k

Common questions

Is UPPERTHORPE & NETHERTHORPE HEALTHY LIVING CENTRE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity made a deficit of £95,854 for the year, with unrestricted funds showing a deficit of £13,728 before transfers. Per the trustees' report, freely available unrestricted reserves were £2,210, which is below the stated policy target of three to six months' expenditure. The charity relies heavily on grant funding from Sheffield City Council, which accounted for all incoming resources. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NETHERTHORPE AND UPPERTHORPE COMMUNITY ALLIANCE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
UPPERTHORPE & NETHERTHORPE HEALTHY LIVING CENTRE TRUST£115k—0unclear—no doubt
NETHERTHORPE AND UPPERTHORPE COMMUNITY ALLIANCE FY2025£2.3m——below—no doubt
ZEST-HEALTH FOR LIFE LIMITED FY2025£395k—0within—noted
BELPER LEISURE CENTRE LIMITED FY2025£1.3m—0unclear—not going concern
SOUTH DORSET COMMUNITY SPORTS TRUST LIMITED FY2025£633k—0below—noted
LEISURE FOCUS TRUST FY2025£1.2mmore than £60,000—unclear—no doubt

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