SHEFFIELD M.E. GROUP
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.
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.
What the accounts disclose
Policies the charity declares
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Social media policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustees
- Alison Millar
- Anthony Pedder
- Colina Wright
- Dr Caroline Dalton
- John Boyington
- Karen Redfern
- Mandy Jeffcock
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 12/09/2024 | £20k | Empower & Connect: Strengthening our Community through Effective Communication |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 22/09/2023 | £242k | Living our best life with ME; fibromyalgia/ Long COVID |
| Postcode Lottery | 26/04/2022 | £24k | Service provision for our growing membership |
| Disability Action | 01/11/2020 | £9k | NET Coronavirus Appeal Emergency Fund for Disabled People Organisations UK-wide |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 23/06/2018 | £309k | Reaching ME and Fibromyalgia Communities |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 10/08/2010 | £137k | Sheffield Area M.E. Support Network |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 10/05/2005 | £80k | The Volunteer Development Project |
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| MIND (THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH) | 1 | £854k |
| THE FOOTBALL FOUNDATION | 1 | £525k |
| ST EDMUNDS TRUST | 1 | £35k |
| THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION | 1 | £25k |
| NETHERTHORPE AND UPPERTHORPE COMMUNITY ALLIANCE | 1 | £19k |
| THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATION | 1 | £12k |
| THE STRANGWARD TRUST | 1 | £4k |
| SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | £3k |
Charities like this
- CAMBRIDGE PRINGLE GROUP
- SHEFFIELD UNITED COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
- SHEFFIELD AND HALLAMSHIRE COUNTY FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION LIMITED
- Headway Suffolk and Norfolk LTD
- SHEFFCARE LIMITED
- SHEFFIELD MIND LTD
Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHEFFIELD M.E. GROUP | £67k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| CAMBRIDGE PRINGLE GROUP | £822k | Under £60,000 | 0 | within | — | no doubt |
| SHEFFIELD UNITED COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | £2.5m | £70,001 - £80,000 | 1 | above | — | no doubt |
| SHEFFIELD AND HALLAMSHIRE COUNTY FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION LIMITED | £1.2m | — | — | above | — | no doubt |
| Headway Suffolk and Norfolk LTD | £2.2m | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |
| SHEFFCARE LIMITED | £17.4m | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |