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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.

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

Latest income
£192k
Latest spending
£128k
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.

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
31/12/2024£192k£128k
31/12/2023£84k£102k
31/12/2022£111k£84k
31/12/2021£74k£69k
31/12/2020£75k£55k

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 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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
MIND (THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH)1£854k
THE FOOTBALL FOUNDATION1£525k
ST EDMUNDS TRUST1£33k
THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION1£25k
THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATION1£12k
NETHERTHORPE AND UPPERTHORPE COMMUNITY ALLIANCE1£9k
THE STRANGWARD TRUST1£4k
SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUST1£3k

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£192k—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£1.8m——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.