SHEFFIELD CHURCHES' COUNCIL FOR COMMUNITY CARE

Registered charity 1168077 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Sheffield Churches' Council for Community Care works with statutory and other voluntary agencies to provide packages of carefor vulnerable people: specifically to relieve poor, sick, elderly or disabled persons in Sheffield by providing or assisting in the provision of services calculated to reduce the need, hardship or distress of such persons.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT: (1) TO PROVIDE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED IN SHEFFIELD AND NEIGHBOURING DISTRICTS BY REASON OF AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE BY THE PROVISION OF GOODS AND SERVICES, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING: (A) ASSISTANCE AND AFTER CARE FOR PATIENTS FOLLOWING ADMISSION TO OR DISCHARGE FROM HOSPITAL OR OTHER CARE FACILITY; (B) PRACTICAL AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT FOR THOSE IN NEED TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF THOSE WHO ARE RESIDING IN THEIR OWN HOMES; (C) DELIVERY OF EMERGENCY GOODS AND MEDICAL RELATED EQUIPMENT TO ASSIST PEOPLE IN NEED IN THEIR HOMES; AND (D) ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT TO PREVENT ADMISSION OR READMISSION TO HOSPITAL OR OTHER AFTER CARE FACILITY.

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)

Latest income
£1.3m
Latest spending
£976k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £1,318,961, exceeding expenditure by £342,937. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £469,968, which is below the stated policy target of £569,049, though the trustees consider this shortfall does not pose a material risk to the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
“The principal sources of funding for SCCCC are from South Yorkshire ICB (Sheffield Place), Sheffield City Council and The City of Doncaster Council with whom SCCCC has service level agreement and contracts.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“At 31 March 2025, free reserves totalled £469,968, which is £99,081 below the target level set by trustees.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by French Ludlam & Co Limited. 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.

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 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 191
  • Government income: £318,998 — contracts £315,998 (2), grants £3,000 (1); 24% of the £1,318,961 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£70,001–£80,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 220
  • Government income: £371,237 — contracts £366,237 (2), grants £5,000 (2); 40% of the £937,027 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 179
  • Government income: £262,857 — contracts £260,607 (2), grants £2,250 (1); 49% of the £535,908 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)

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

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

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

Total income
£1.3m
Total spending
£976k
Reserves (reported)
£470k
Employees
39

Reported reserves equal ~5.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Barnsley · Doncaster · Rotherham · Sheffield City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.3m£976k
31/03/2024£937k£852k
31/03/2023£536k£660k
31/03/2022£763k£537k
31/03/2021£717k£469k

Common questions

Is SHEFFIELD CHURCHES' COUNCIL FOR COMMUNITY CARE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income for the year was £1,318,961, exceeding expenditure by £342,937. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £469,968, which is below the stated policy target of £569,049, though the trustees consider this shortfall does not pose a material risk to the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by French Ludlam & Co Limited.

Who funds SHEFFIELD CHURCHES' COUNCIL FOR COMMUNITY CARE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SHEFFIELD CHURCHES' COUNCIL FOR COMMUNITY CARE as a grant recipient include THE GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS' FUND OF BENEVOLENCE, MARJORIE COOTE OLD PEOPLES CHARITY FUND, THE REED FOUNDATION, THE CHARLES AND ELSIE SYKES TRUST, THE HOSPITAL OF GILBERT, EARL OF SHREWSBURY AT SHEFFIELD.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS' FUND OF BENEVOLENCEFY2024£70k
MARJORIE COOTE OLD PEOPLES CHARITY FUNDFY2022£25k
THE REED FOUNDATIONFY2022£15kChristmas Challenge
THE CHARLES AND ELSIE SYKES TRUSTFY2025£5kTowards smooth transport for hospital and St Luke's Hospice patients for palliative and end of life patients, removing the wait for or use of Ambulances.
THE HOSPITAL OF GILBERT, EARL OF SHREWSBURY AT SHEFFIELDFY2024£4ksocial welfare
SHEFFIELD TOWN TRUSTFY2023£3kNon-recurring grant
MARJORIE COOTE OLD PEOPLES CHARITY FUNDFY2025£3k
THE HOSPITAL OF GILBERT, EARL OF SHREWSBURY AT SHEFFIELDFY2021£3k
MARJORIE COOTE OLD PEOPLES CHARITY FUNDFY2023£3k
SHEFFIELD TOWN TRUSTFY2025£2k
CHURCH BURGESSES TRUSTFY2024£2kGeneral charitable grant
CHURCH BURGESSES TRUSTFY2023£2kGeneral Charitable
THE HOSPITAL OF GILBERT, EARL OF SHREWSBURY AT SHEFFIELDFY2025£2ksocial welfare
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£950
PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ABBEYDALE AND MILLHOUSESFY2022£750

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund23/07/2026£20kProject: Pilot – Supporting Older People with Hoarding
UK government22/09/2020£67kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund08/02/2019£99kSheffield Churches Council for Community Care

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CITY CHURCH SHEFFIELD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SHEFFIELD CHURCHES' COUNCIL FOR COMMUNITY CARE£1.3m——below—no doubt
CITY CHURCH SHEFFIELD FY2025£424k—0below—no doubt
CHURCH BURGESSES TRUST FY2025£2.0m—0below—no doubt
SHEFFCARE LIMITED FY2025£17.4m——unclear—no doubt
Together for Sheffield FY2025£229kUnder £60,0000below—no doubt
SHEFFIELD DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE FY2025£12.1m——unclear—no doubt

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