THE SHEFFIELD GENERAL CEMETERY TRUST

Registered charity 1103158 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To conserve, develop and secure for the long term benefit of the public the long-closed 13 acre Grade II* Sheffield General Cemetery, Sharrow, including its buildings, burial grounds, monuments, structures, natural habitats as an environmental, historical and educational amenity

Objects

To develop for the long term benefit of the public as an environmental historical and educational amenity, the conservation of the General Cemetery, Sharrow AND ITS ENVIRONS, its monuments and buildings and its wildlife and the natural beauty of its setting.

Area of benefit: SOUTH YORKSHIRE

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 · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Sheffield, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £6,484 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £154,749 against total expenditure of £161,233. Per the trustees' report, free reserves of £58,028 were held at year-end, which is slightly below the stated policy target of £60,000, though the group reserves including the subsidiary's distributable profit exceeded the target. The trustees note that the period from April 2025 is proving challenging with income below expectations but confirm the charity has sufficient cash to cover a difficult year if necessary.

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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2022 (received 19/03/2023, 47 days after the 31/01/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Aviva — “Donate Now To Our Aviva Communities Fund Until Tuesday 20th October, Aviva will match every donation we receive, pound for pound, up to £250…” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Catherine Jane Evans
• David Hunt
• Dr John David Howard
• Duncan Peter Mosley
• Elliot Anthony Crossley
• Emelie Anekwu
• Jonathan Edward Clark
• Paul Vandrill · trustee of 1 other charity
• Richard Selby Foster
• Ruth Elizabeth Willis · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Barnsley · Derbyshire · Doncaster · Rotherham · Sheffield City

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