4SLC FOR STOCKSBRIDGE LEISURE CENTRE TRUST
Registered charity 1153527 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as 4SLC
Stocksbridge Community Leisure Centre is operated by the Trust for Public Benefit and offers a full range of sporting and leisure activities for the community.The Trust took over the operation of the centre in Summer 2013 following a successful community led campaign to save it, following the closure by Sheffield City Council in May 2013.
Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £22,103 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted and restricted funds increasing to £1,321,696. The trustees maintain a reserves policy of three months' operating costs, and the current unrestricted general fund balance of £106,645 is below this stated target. The auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: Other trading income (56% of income)
“Other trading income 920,163” — page 16
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £107k; policy: three months’ worth of operating costs)
“The Board has implemented a reserves policy of maintaining three months’ worth of operating costs.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: 4SLC Trading Limited
“The Charity’s wholly owned subsidiary 4SLC Trading Limited, incorporated in England, undertakes leisure trading services.” — page 24
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
4SLC TRADING LTD — per its own Companies House accounts
- Note 9 discloses that amounts owed to group undertakings (creditors) were £8,357,000 in 2025 (up from £0 in 2024), primarily consisting of goods and services paid by the parent company on the trading company's behalf and recharges. Additionally, Note 5 shows amounts owed by group undertakings (debtors) were £0 in 2025 (down from £4,364,000 in 2024).
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.
- GROCUTT, Julie Anne — director, appointed 24/02/2025on trustee list
- SEDGWICK, Elizabeth — director, appointed 24/02/2025not on trustee list
- CLARKE, Andrew — director, appointed 01/09/2022on trustee list
- SILVERWOOD, Graham John — director, appointed 09/12/2013on trustee list
- HOWARD, Fay — director, appointed 23/08/2013on trustee list
- JENNINGS, Julie Elizabeth — secretary, appointed 15/12/2014
Official officers record.
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.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£248k
Reported reserves equal ~9.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (56% 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: 15.1% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Andrew Clarke
- Fay Howard
- GRAHAM SILVERWOOD · trustee of 1 other charity
- Julie Anne Grocutt
- Liz Sedgwick
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Barnsley · Kirklees · Sheffield City
Income and spending
Common questions
Is 4SLC FOR STOCKSBRIDGE LEISURE CENTRE TRUST financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £22,103 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted and restricted funds increasing to £1,321,696. The trustees maintain a reserves policy of three months' operating costs, and the current unrestricted general fund balance of £106,645 is below this stated target. The auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited.
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