ACTIVE COMMUNITY TRUST LTD

Registered charity 1124267 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DARNALL COMMUNITY NURSERY

To support children and families in Sheffield to achieve their full potential.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND SAFE AND STIMULATING CARE OF CHILDREN UNDER COMPULSORY SCHOOL AGE LIVING IN SHEFFIELD AND IN PARTICULAR POSTAL DISTRICT S9 (THE AREA OF BENEFIT) AND TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR DAY-TO-DAY CARE WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, RACE OR DISABLEMENT OR OF POLITICAL RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINION.

Area of benefit: SHEFFIELD AND IN PARTICULAR POSTAL DISTRICT S9

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 · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £15k for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £488,606 to £473,611. The trustees report that reserves of £263k meet the stated policy requirement of holding six months of expenditure. The filing confirms there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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

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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~6.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (05/05/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amanda Cook
• Kabier Aslam · trustee of 2 other charities
• Shelly Pratt

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

Operates in: Sheffield City

Income and spending

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SHEFFIELD UNITED COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

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Side by side with its peers

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