FRIENDS OF GREENHILL LIBRARY

Registered charity 1158656 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FROGL

The object of the charity is to advance and promote lifelong education for all. These needs to be met by a community library providing activities and services for the public benefit of all who are in need of such provision. Currently we provide regular activities for school and pre school children and activities and venues for adults.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO ADVANCE AND PROMOTE EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN THE CITY OF SHEFFIELD AND ELSEWHERE AND IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THOSE LIVING IN THE GREENHILL, BRADWAY AND LOWEDGES AREAS AND WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, REGARDLESS OF THEIR SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE, POLITICAL OR RELIGIOUS OPINIONS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY ESTABLISHING AND PROVIDING COMMUNITY BASED LIBRARY FACILITIES AND ASSOCIATED SERVICES.

Area of benefit: SHEFFIELD CITY

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds carried forward were £179,435, with the majority classified as unrestricted reserves. The trustees report that finances remain very healthy and the charity maintains a strategic objective of financial sustainability through diverse funding streams. Specific designated funds are held for future uncertainties, major repairs, and community events.

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

What the accounts disclose

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investment
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Friends of Greenhill Library (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Freshgate Trust Foundation — “Thanks to the Freshgate Trust Foundation for a grant of £2,000 to purchase some badly-needed new children’s books.” (source page)
• Awards for All — “Thanks to the National Lottery Fund for a grant of £8,580 to help us in planning expansion and adaptation of the library premises to provide…” (source page)
• J G Graves Charitable Trust — “Thanks to the J G Graves Charitable Trust for an award of £3,000 for new windows in the bookshop” (source page)
• National Lottery — “The National Lottery Community Fund has awarded us two grants: one of £27,000 and one of £48,000 to establish and maintain a library to serv…” (source page)
• Sheffield City Council — “Sheffield City Council provides us with an annual grant and ongoing operational support to allow us to remain as part of the Sheffield Libra…” (source page)
• Sheffield Town Trust — “Thanks to the Sheffield Town Trust for an award of £1,000 towards the cost of our "Music for Kids" day on 5 October 2019.” (source page)
• Fletchers Waste Management — “Thanks to Fletchers Waste Management for the generous provision of a 43-inch "touch table" and for funding our Jan 2022 newsletter. They are…” (source page)

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 · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Clive Thomas Opiechair
• Angela Elaine Fry
• Ann Hartley
• Belinda Stone
• Bernadette Anne Todd
• Dawn Davis
• Janet Crowther
• Janet Williams
• Kirsty Jane Atkin
• Lyndon Henard
• Lynne Raven
• Michael Gormanly

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

Operates in: Sheffield City

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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