ASSIST SHEFFIELD

Registered charity 1154862 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The relief of Asylum Seekers who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress.The advancement of the education of the public, and other statutory or voluntary organisations in order to assist the inclusion of Asylum Seekers into the wider community.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:(A)THE RELIEF AND SUPPORT OF INHABITANTS OF THE CITY OF SHEFFIELD AND ITS ENVIRONS (“THE AREA OF BENEFIT”) WHO ARE REFUGEES OR WHO ARE OR HAVE BEEN ASYLUM SEEKERS (INCLUDING THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE AT THE END OF THE ASYLUM PROCESS OR HAVE HAD THEIR APPLICATIONS FOR ASYLUM REFUSED) AND ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP, DISTRESS OR SOCIAL ISOLATION; AND(B)THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, OTHER STATUTORY AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS IN ORDER TO ASSIST THE INCLUSION OF SUCH INHABITANTS INTO THE WIDER COMMUNITY.

Area of benefit: 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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · 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 unrestricted free reserves were £6,799, which is significantly below the charity's stated policy target of retaining sufficient funds to meet obligations for at least 5 months. Despite this deficit in free reserves, the charity reported a total net income of £183,119 and held total funds of £960,753, supported by substantial restricted funds and tangible assets.

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 5 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
• Campaigns and political activity 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
• 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.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — ASSIST Sheffield (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

6 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold); recorded price paid £354k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

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

Reported reserves equal ~4.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 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: 0.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (29/11/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Boucka Koffi
• Clive Last
• Eve Thibault
• Godfrey Chikaviro
• Linda Grant
• Lucy Mayblin
• May Lubienski
• Patrick Duce · trustee of 1 other charity
• Peter Nduva
• Peter Wood
• Rosh Lal
• Scot Bower
• Victoria Hill

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

Operates in: Sheffield City

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SUFFOLK REFUGEE SUPPORT.

• SUFFOLK REFUGEE SUPPORT income £769k
• THE SHEFFIELD CATS SHELTER income £961k
• REFUGEES AT HOME income £924k
• BEN'S CENTRE FOR VULNERABLE PEOPLE (SHEFFIELD) income £346k
• SHELTER FROM THE STORM income £549k
• ASYLUM AID income £1.7m

Side by side with its peers

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