SHEFFIELD M.E. GROUP

Registered charity 1095416 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To support people living with from ME/CFS and Long Covid through connection, advice and to raise awareness of the illnesses.

Objects

1. TO RELIEVE SUFFERING FROM THE ILLNESS VARIOUSLY KNOWN AS MYALGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS (ME), CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME (CFS) OR POST-VIRAL FATIGUE SYNDROME (PVFS) AND IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF HELP AND ASSISTANCE THROUGH MUTUAL SUPPORT AND INFORMATION EXCHANGE.2. TO EDUCATE THE GENERAL PUBLIC THROUGH THE PROMOTION AND DISSEMINATION OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT ME/CFS/PVFS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£67k
Latest spending
£142k
Registered
2003
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is in a strong financial position following a successful fundraising effort in 2024. The organization reports stable membership numbers and significant growth in its benefits advice service, which secured substantial income gains for members. No financial deficits or going concern uncertainties are disclosed in the provided text.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Sheffield ME and Fibromyalgia Group (matched by registered charity number).

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

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
31/12/2025£67k£142k
31/12/2024£192k£128k
31/12/2023£84k£102k
31/12/2022£111k£84k
31/12/2021£74k£69k

Common questions

Is SHEFFIELD M.E. GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity is in a strong financial position following a successful fundraising effort in 2024. The organization reports stable membership numbers and significant growth in its benefits advice service, which secured substantial income gains for members. No financial deficits or going concern uncertainties are disclosed in the provided text.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund12/09/2024£20kEmpower & Connect: Strengthening our Community through Effective Communication
The National Lottery Community Fund22/09/2023£242kLiving our best life with ME; fibromyalgia/ Long COVID
Postcode Lottery26/04/2022£24kService provision for our growing membership
Disability Action01/11/2020£9kNET Coronavirus Appeal Emergency Fund for Disabled People Organisations UK-wide
The National Lottery Community Fund23/06/2018£309kReaching ME and Fibromyalgia Communities
The National Lottery Community Fund10/08/2010£137kSheffield Area M.E. Support Network
The National Lottery Community Fund10/05/2005£80kThe Volunteer Development Project

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 CAMBRIDGE PRINGLE GROUP.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SHEFFIELD M.E. GROUP£67k—0unclear—no doubt
CAMBRIDGE PRINGLE GROUP FY2025£822kUnder £60,0000within—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
Headway Suffolk and Norfolk LTD FY2025£2.2m——unclear—no doubt
SHEFFCARE LIMITED FY2025£17.4m——unclear—no doubt

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