MEADOWHEAD CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP

Registered charity 1096161 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Church services, regular/occasional events to benefit the local community, prayer meetings, drop-in sessions, a community cafe, parish nursing supporting the community towards whole person welfare, mother and toddler groups, a food bank, healthy eating cooking courses, youth groups, holiday clubs and after school clubs. We will add other activities to meet identified community needs.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN NORTON, SHEFFIELD AND SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND OTHER SUCH PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED WITH THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHARITY.

Area of benefit: NORTON, SHEFFIELD AND OTHER SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £485,955, which is above the trustees' stated policy target of £45,000. The charity reported a net income of £192,665 for the year, with total funds increasing to £1,135,251. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

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

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• 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
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

5 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold); recorded price paid £257k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~39.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• CHRISTOPHER LINDSAY SIMPSONchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• ANDREW JEREMY HOLLINGUM
• GRAHAM WILLIAM INCE · trustee of 1 other charity
• KAREN DUNNING
• NICHOLAS BRIAN LUGG · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Sheffield City

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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