APLS SHEFFIELD

Registered charity 1130685 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The activities of the charity are to provide training using standardised teaching packages to enable candidates to use a structured approach to a variety of clinical and non-clinical situations where the life of the patient may be compromised.

Objects

THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE BY PROVIDING TRAINING AND EDUCATION IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, TO DOCTORS AND NURSES IN LIFE SAVING TECHNIQUES IN PARTICULAR REGARDING PAEDIATRIC LIFE SUPPORT TREATMENT.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Get email alerts

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

Latest income

£0

Latest spending

£2k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a deficit of £9,256 for the year, with total income of £33,305. The trustees intend to wind up the charity, having concluded that the training courses will be taken over by the Sheffield Children’s Hospital Trust. Consequently, the financial statements have been prepared on a non-going concern basis.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Going concern: accounts NOT prepared on a going-concern basis (closing, merging or winding up)

“As such the accounts have been prepared on a non-going concern basis.” — page 5

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Sheffield Children’s Hospital Trust

“In 2023 it was concluded that the best way forward is for the Trust to take over the running of the training courses and therefore the Charity has been working towards an orderly wind down through 2024. Moving forward the Trustees intend to shut the charity with all courses now being operated by the Trust. As such the accounts have been prepared on a non-going concern basis.” — page 5

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 2 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
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr JUDITH ANNE GILCHRISTchair
Sean Marven · trustee of 2 other charities
Tanya Ralph

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

Operates in: Sheffield City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£0	£2k
31/12/2024	£33k	£43k
31/12/2023	£51k	£49k
31/12/2022	£52k	£47k
31/12/2021	£52k	£39k

Common questions

Is APLS SHEFFIELD financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity recorded a deficit of £9,256 for the year, with total income of £33,305. The trustees intend to wind up the charity, having concluded that the training courses will be taken over by the Sheffield Children’s Hospital Trust. Consequently, the financial statements have been prepared on a non-going concern basis.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE HOSPITAL OF GILBERT, EARL OF SHREWSBURY AT SHEFFIELD	3	£18k
THE PENNIES FOUNDATION	1	£1.2m
ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIES	1	£803k
AHAVAS SHALOM TRUST	1	£105k
THE THREE GUINEAS TRUST	1	£36k
LOCALTRENT LIMITED	1	£21k
THE TIM HENMAN FOUNDATION	1	£20k
CHURCH BURGESSES TRUST	1	£15k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with APPRIS CHARITY LIMITED.

APPRIS CHARITY LIMITED income £3.7m
ASHFIELD VOLUNTARY ACTION income £178k
THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CHARITY income £5.4m
ASHLYNS SCHOOL ASSOCIATION CHARITY income £30k
SPARKLE SHEFFIELD income £59k
SHEFFIELD HOSPITALS CHARITY income £2.9m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
APLS SHEFFIELD	£0	—	0	unclear	—	not going concern
APPRIS CHARITY LIMITED FY2025	£3.7m	£90,001 - £100,000	—	above	—	no doubt
ASHFIELD VOLUNTARY ACTION FY2025	£178k	—	0	above	—	noted
THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CHARITY FY2025	£5.4m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ASHLYNS SCHOOL ASSOCIATION CHARITY FY2025	£30k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SPARKLE SHEFFIELD FY2025	£59k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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