THE TERMINUS INITIATIVE

Registered charity 1113438 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Weekly Youth Cafe. Befriending of asylum seekers & refugees through Women's Conversation Club and practical support. Partnership with Sheffield City Council to deliver Healthy Communities Programme from our Healthy Living Centre. Partnership working with other groups to serve the communities of Lowedges, Batemoor & Jordanthorpe.

Objects

TO FURTHER SUCH PURPOSES AS ARE CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY ADVANCING CHRISTIAN FAITH AND WITNESS (IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS ATTACHED TO THIS MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION ) FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN LOWEDGES BY:(3.1) DEVELOPING SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES WHICH WILL HELP TO ADDRESS THE PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUAL NEEDS OF ALL SECTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY;(3.2) WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL RESIDENTS, VOLUNTARY AND COMMUNITY AGENCIES AND STATUTORY SERVICE PROVIDERS TO HELP MEET THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY;(3.3) COMPLEMENTING EXISTING SERVICES TO DRUG USERS AND EX-USERS BY PROVIDING SPIRITUAL SUPPORT AND COUNSEL AS APPROPRIATE; AND(3.4) CONTRIBUTING TO THE REDUCTION OF CRIME AND ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR BY ASSISTING IN PROMOTING PUBLIC CONFIDENCE AND STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY SPIRIT.

Area of benefit: LOWEDGES.

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

Latest income
£243k
Latest spending
£204k
Registered
2006
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted funds of £85,427 and restricted funds of £80,914, resulting in total funds of £166,341 at the end of the year. The trustees report that the organisation is planning a relocation to the Lowedges Hub in 2025 to reduce operational risk and expand services. The filing confirms that the charity met the requirements for accounting records and accounts preparation without any matters requiring attention from the independent examiner.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: not less than £10,000 (reserves figure: £85k)
“The Terminus Initiative is to hold a reserve of unrestricted funds of not less than £10,000. This is to ensure that certain commitments may be upheld for a period of three months.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 35
  • Government income: £124,605 — contracts £109,685 (3), grants £14,920 (5); 51% of the £243,248 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 10
  • Government income: £96,001 — grants £96,001 (10); 78% of the £122,841 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

  • Volunteers: 10
  • Government income: £78,436 — contracts £78,436 (1); 46% of the £171,053 total gross income on the same return

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

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Register events

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£243k£204k
31/03/2024£123k£109k
31/08/2023£171k£173k
31/08/2022£179k£156k
31/08/2021£95k£94k

Common questions

Is THE TERMINUS INITIATIVE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted funds of £85,427 and restricted funds of £80,914, resulting in total funds of £166,341 at the end of the year. The trustees report that the organisation is planning a relocation to the Lowedges Hub in 2025 to reduce operational risk and expand services. The filing confirms that the charity met the requirements for accounting records and accounts preparation without any matters requiring attention from the independent examiner. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE TERMINUS INITIATIVE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE TERMINUS INITIATIVE as a grant recipient include CHURCH BURGESSES TRUST, SHEFFIELD TOWN TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
CHURCH BURGESSES TRUSTFY2021£2kGeneral Charitable Grants
SHEFFIELD TOWN TRUSTFY2022£2k
CHURCH BURGESSES TRUSTFY2022£1kGeneral charitable grant

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund10/10/2024£20kSupport for frontline work
Sheffield City Council22/02/2024£3kConnecting Communities - Community Meals
Sheffield City Council05/12/2022£398kPeople Keeping Well
The National Lottery Community Fund22/04/2014£10kFit, healthy and warm in Lowedges

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE EXODUS PROJECT.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE TERMINUS INITIATIVE£243k—0unclear—no doubt
THE EXODUS PROJECT FY2025£305k—0below—no doubt
THE LIMES COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025£31k—0unclear—no doubt
The Trust Foundation FY2025£2.5m—0unclear—no doubt
THE FOXTON CENTRE FY2026£2.0m—0below—no doubt
THE SOCIAL ACTION HUB FY2025£184k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.