ASHRAM COMMUNITY TRUST

Registered charity 1099164 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Religious fellowship is provided at four national gatherings during the year, open to members and non-members. Our property in Burngreave, Sheffield, is being renovated, both the communal areas on the ground floor and the residential first floor, but programmes of biblical and interfaith study and discussion are being held in local groups around the country, currently using Zoom.

Objects

THE PROMOTION OF ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN SHEFFIELD AND IN SUCH OTHER AREAS AS THE CHARITY MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE; AND IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATIONTHE PROMOTION OF RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL STUDY AND RESEARCH AND THE PUBLICATION OF THE RESULTS OF ALL SUCH STUDY AND RESEARCHTHE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AFFLICTION AND DISTRESS.

Area of benefit: THE COMMUNITY IN SHEFFIELD AND IN SUCH OTHER AREAS AS THE CHARITY MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE;

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £111,578 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven largely by a loss on the sale of properties. The trustees' report indicates a plan to dispose of all remaining property assets, after which the company and charity will be wound up. Despite this deficit, the unrestricted fund balance remains substantial at £497,968.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVID MICHAEL Dale · trustee of 1 other charity
• Linda Marshall · trustee of 1 other charity
• Phillippa Thompson
• Rev Ian William Lewis Parker · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England

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