THE FURNIVAL

Registered charity 1154656 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Our main focus is to find creative ways to engage with the local community in Burngreave and surrounding areas.Our Creative English programme has worked with over 500 women and children from diverse backgrounds, building confidence in language and improving understanding of daily life in a new country. We support local women to share skills and resources, set priorities and help lead activities.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO PERFORM CHARITABLE SERVICES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF SOUTH YORKSHIRE, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE INHABITANTS OF NORTH SHEFFIELD, (“THE AREA OF BENEFIT”) BY:(1) PROMOTING COMMUNITY CAPACITY BUILDING BY DEVELOPING THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THIS ECONOMICALLY AND SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY.(2) ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE UNABLE TO ACCESS, OR ARE EXCLUDED FROM MAINSTREAM EDUCATION TO PROVIDE SUPPORTED TRAINING AND RE-TRAINING, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY FOR UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE, IN ORDER TO EQUIP PEOPLE WITH OR DEVELOP TRANSFERABLE SKILLS AND TO PROVIDE RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE.

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 · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income

£110k

Latest spending

£71k

Registered

2013

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net incoming resource of £38,684 for the year, resulting in a total unrestricted fund balance of £57,466. The trustees have designated £23,750 of these funds to cover potential closure and redundancy costs. The independent examiner reported no matters requiring attention, and the trustees confirmed the accounts were prepared on a going concern basis.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: up to £50,000 — below the median for charities its size (£60k)

“No employees received emoluments in excess of £50,000 per year” — page 9

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: £23,750 to cover the cost of closure and statutory redundancy payments (reserves figure: £57k)

“designated an amount of £23,750 to cover the cost of closure and statutory redundancy payments should the remaining operational reserves deplete to a level that is no longer sustainable.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 6 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
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
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

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2025

Volunteers: 3
Government income: £89,121 — contracts £59,333 (2), grants £29,788 (5); 81% of the £110,075 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

Volunteers: 4
Government income: £53,919 — contracts £51,366 (2), grants £2,553 (2); 70% of the £76,581 total gross income on the same return

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

Volunteers: 4
Government income: £41,800 — grants £41,800 (4); 64% of the £65,553 total gross income on the same return

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/08/2025 (received 12/07/2026, 12 days after the 30/06/2026 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 08582273

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.

JOHNSON, Louise Katy — director, appointed 25/03/2024on trustee list
CLOKE, Iain Frederick — director, appointed 24/06/2013on trustee list
KEENE, Ralph John Checkley — director, appointed 24/06/2013on trustee list
POWER, Michael — director, appointed 24/06/2013on trustee list

Official officers record.

Register events

Received assets from another charity (11/08/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

IAIN FREDERICK CLOKEchair · trustee of 2 other charities
Louise Katy Johnson · trustee of 1 other charity
MICHAEL POWER · trustee of 3 other charities
RALPH JOHN CHECKLEY KEENE · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Sheffield City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£110k	£71k
31/08/2024	£77k	£64k
31/08/2023	£66k	£45k
31/08/2022	£35k	£42k
31/08/2021	£39k	£37k

Common questions

Is THE FURNIVAL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net incoming resource of £38,684 for the year, resulting in a total unrestricted fund balance of £57,466. The trustees have designated £23,750 of these funds to cover potential closure and redundancy costs. The independent examiner reported no matters requiring attention, and the trustees confirmed the accounts were prepared on a going concern basis. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE FURNIVAL earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the up to £50,000 band.

Who funds THE FURNIVAL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE FURNIVAL as a grant recipient include THE J G GRAVES CHARITABLE TRUST, CHURCH BURGESSES TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE J G GRAVES CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£3k
CHURCH BURGESSES TRUST	FY2022	£3k	General charitable grant
THE J G GRAVES CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	amount not stated

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	02/09/2025	£220k	The Furnival
Sheffield City Council	22/02/2024	£553	Connecting Communities - Community Meals
The National Lottery Community Fund	10/06/2022	£10k	Creative English
The National Lottery Community Fund	13/12/2018	£10k	Bringing Communities together

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 Brindle Foundation	1	£100k
FRANCIS C SCOTT CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£60k
ROSA FUND	1	£58k
THE FALCONER FAMILY TRUST	1	£35k
THE TOLKIEN TRUST	1	£30k
THE LESLIE SMITH FOUNDATION	1	£25k
BEDFORDSHIRE AND LUTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	1	£11k
THE JORON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£10k

Charities like this

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

THE BROWNLEE FOUNDATION income £362k
FAIR FROME income £254k
FURNESS MULTI-CULTURAL COMMUNITY FORUM income £222k
LUTON CARNIVAL ARTS DEVELOPMENT TRUST income £436k
BUTTERFLY SPACE income £77k
FESTIVAL MEDICAL SERVICES income £654k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE FURNIVAL	£110k	up to £50,000	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BROWNLEE FOUNDATION FY2025	£362k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
FAIR FROME FY2026	£254k	—	—	within	—	no doubt
FURNESS MULTI-CULTURAL COMMUNITY FORUM FY2026	£222k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LUTON CARNIVAL ARTS DEVELOPMENT TRUST FY2025	£436k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
BUTTERFLY SPACE FY2025	£77k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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