SHEFFIELD COUNTRYSIDE CONSERVATION TRUST

Registered charity 1111181 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SCCT

Countryside Conservation, working with local communities and other volunteers, offering skills training. We also offer team building events. Environmental education with school groups in the wider community, in school grounds and at the Countryside Centre. Also with other groups of all ages. Organising events with schools and local communities.

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Latest income
£80k
Latest spending
£68k
Registered
2005
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net loss of £12,807 for the year, with total income falling to £80,397 from £95,260 in the previous year. Free reserves of £30,834 are explicitly stated by the Trustees to be below their own policy requirement, as they do not meet the need to cover expenses if short-term funding is lost. Despite this, the Trustees maintain a going concern basis, citing adequate resources for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £31k; policy: enough to cover the expenses incurred if it were to unable to secure adequate short term funding and also to enable it to make any investments necessary to secure its future)
“The current level of free reserves does not meet the requirement.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Sheffield City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£80k£68k
31/03/2024£82k£95k
31/03/2023£163k£118k
31/03/2022£92k£115k
31/03/2021£109k£104k

Common questions

Is SHEFFIELD COUNTRYSIDE CONSERVATION TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a net loss of £12,807 for the year, with total income falling to £80,397 from £95,260 in the previous year. Free reserves of £30,834 are explicitly stated by the Trustees to be below their own policy requirement, as they do not meet the need to cover expenses if short-term funding is lost. Despite this, the Trustees maintain a going concern basis, citing adequate resources for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SHEFFIELD COUNTRYSIDE CONSERVATION TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SHEFFIELD COUNTRYSIDE CONSERVATION TRUST as a grant recipient include CHURCH BURGESSES TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
CHURCH BURGESSES TRUSTFY2022£3kGeneral charitable grant

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund13/06/2024£20kGardening Gang
The National Lottery Community Fund07/10/2022£10kWoodlane Wheels