MESH COMMUNITY COHESION SERVICES

Registered charity 1121249 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

THE PROMOTION AND PROVISION OF MEDIATION & CONCILIATION BETWEEN PERSONS, ORGANISATIONS & GROUPS WHO ARE INVOLVED IN DISPUTES OR INTERPERSONAL CONFLICTS. ALSO THE TRAINING & EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN METHODS OF SUCH MEDIATION & CONCILIATION, IN PARTICULAR THE NATURE AND CAUSES OF SUCH DISPUTE AND THE MEANS OF MANAGING IT.

Objects

1 TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE COUNTY OF SOUTH YORKSHIRE AND ITS ADJACENT COUNTIES ("THE AREA OF BENEFIT") AND WITH A VIEW TO THE PRESERVATION OF PUBLIC ORDER, THE PROVISION OF SERVICES DIRECTED TOWARDS MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION BETWEEN PERSONS, ORGANISATIONS AND GROUPS WHO ARE INVOLVED IN DISPUTES OR INTERPERSONAL CONFLICTS WHERE THAT DISPUTE OR CONFLICT RESULTS FROM OR MAY LEAD TO ACTS OF NUISANCE, VANDALISM, PERSONAL ABUSE OR BREACH OF THE PEACE;2 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT IN METHODS OF SUCH MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION AND IN PARTICULAR THE NATURE AND CAUSES OF SUCH DISPUTE AND THE MEANS OF MANAGING IT.

Area of benefit: SOUTH YORKSHIRE AND ITS ADJACENT COUNTIES

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 · 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 expenditure deficit of £4,677 for the year, driven by a drop in income from £49,248 to £37,757. Despite this deficit, the trustees confirm that free reserves of £33,218 remain in excess of the stated policy target of £11,000–£20,000, supporting the conclusion that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence.

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 4 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
• 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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Ben McGarrychair
• Becca Potton
• Dr Carol Stephanie Borrill
• Dr Jo Buchanan
• Elinor Mary Harman

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

Operates in: Barnsley · Doncaster · Rotherham · Sheffield City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with The Family Mediation Trust.

• The Family Mediation Trust income £395k
• KENT FAMILY MEDIATION SERVICE income £217k
• SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES income £176k
• MID MEDIATION AND COUNSELLING LTD income £200k
• COMMUNITIES WELFARE NETWORK income £58k
• THE COMMUNITY OF RECONCILIATION AND FELLOWSHIP income £152k

Side by side with its peers

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