ELEMENT SOCIETY

Registered charity 1157932 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Element Society's objective is the advancement in life of young people by providing support and activities which develop their skills, capacities and capabilities to enable them to participate in society as mature and responsible individuals.

Objects

The advancement in life of young people who are disadvantaged due to factors including but not limited to: mental health, employment, educational attainment, financial, social skills, low social mobility, discrimination, and stability, by providing support and activities which develop their skills, capacities and capabilities to enable them to participate in society as mature and responsible individuals.

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

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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 free reserves stood at £98,561, which is above the stated policy target of approximately £65,000. The trustees report a reasonable expectation that the charity will continue to operate as a going concern, citing a strong track record of obtaining funding and maintaining robust relationships with local authorities. Total income for the year was £225,169, with charitable activities accounting for the vast majority of this amount.

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.

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
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management 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

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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2024 (received 19/12/2025, 49 days after the 31/10/2025 due date); year ending 31/12/2023 (received 16/01/2025, 77 days after the 31/10/2024 due date); year ending 31/12/2022 (received 24/12/2023, 54 days after the 31/10/2023 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Element Society (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• IAN ALEXANDER BALSHAW
• Samantha Headford · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sami Eric

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

Operates in: Barnsley · City Of Wakefield · Derbyshire · Doncaster · Kingston Upon Hull City · Leeds City · North East Lincolnshire · North Lincolnshire · Rotherham · Sheffield City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• ESP FOUNDATION income £247k
• ATERES SEMINARY LONDON LTD income £304k
• EAGLES COMMUNITY FOUNDATION income £1.8m
• EDUCATION FOR LIFE income £256k
• SIGNIFICANCE income £53k
• THIRD ROYAL ELTHAM SCOUT GROUP income £96k

Side by side with its peers

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