CHRIST CHURCH ENDCLIFFE CIO

Registered charity 1173584 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The focus of church activity remains the sharing of the Christian Gospel message to those who haven't heard it and the growing to maturity in faith of existing believers

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE CITY OF SHEFFIELD AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, OR THE WORLD, AS THE TRUSTEES OF THE CHARITY MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND TO FULFIL SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND CONNECTED WITH THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHARITY

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
£289k
Latest spending
£281k
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net surplus of £7,262 and total reserves of £346,746. The trustees report that the charity is in a strong financial position and has prepared the accounts on a going concern basis, citing sufficient budgeted income and reserves to continue operations for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations and legacies
“Income from Donations and legacies” — page 14
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: two months operating costs plus £5,000 (reserves figure: £53k)
“The Trustees have reviewed their Reserves Policy and will hold free reserves to the average value of 2 months operating costs plus £5,000 due to the reliance of the charity on uncertain donations. The policy therefore requires the charity to hold £47,725 of reserves. Free reserves of the charity at the year-end totalled £52,525 (being general reserves less fixed assets) (2024: £38,401).” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustees (and families) donated £81,638 (2024: £66,755) before gift aid. Of this £74,514 is included within the unrestricted total and £7,124 is included within the restricted total of note 1 (Where a Trustee has only served for part of the year, donations are included for the corresponding period).
“Trustees (and families) donated £81,638 (2024: £66,755) before gift aid. Of this £74,514 is included within the unrestricted total and £7,124 is included within the restricted total of note 1 (Where a Trustee has only served for part of the year, donations are included for the corresponding period).” — page 17
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 111
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 115
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 116
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £450k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Sheffield City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£289k£281k
31/12/2024£275k£275k
31/12/2023£266k£253k
31/12/2022£321k£261k
31/12/2021£236k£222k

Common questions

Is CHRIST CHURCH ENDCLIFFE CIO financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net surplus of £7,262 and total reserves of £346,746. The trustees report that the charity is in a strong financial position and has prepared the accounts on a going concern basis, citing sufficient budgeted income and reserves to continue operations for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds CHRIST CHURCH ENDCLIFFE CIO?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CHRIST CHURCH ENDCLIFFE CIO as a grant recipient include THE SOLA TRUST, CHURCH BURGESSES TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE SOLA TRUSTFY2025£20kOther church ministry
CHURCH BURGESSES TRUSTFY2022£8kOther ecclesiastical grant
CHURCH BURGESSES TRUSTFY2023£8kOther grants — Ecclesiastical
CHURCH BURGESSES TRUSTFY2025Unverified read£8kOther grants — Ecclesiastical
CHURCH BURGESSES TRUSTFY2024£8kOther ecclesiastical grant
THE SOLA TRUSTFY2023£4kOther church ministry
THE SOLA TRUSTFY2024£3kOther church ministry

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
KINGS CHURCH DARLINGTON1£103k
COMMISSION APOSTOLIC TRUST LTD1£23k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CHRIST CHURCH ENDCLIFFE CIO£289k—0above—no doubt
CENTRE CHURCH FY2025£167k£40,0000unclear—no doubt
CHRIST CENTRAL FY2025£521k—0above—no doubt
CHRIST CHURCH NEWCASTLE FY2025£528kUnder £60,0000above—no doubt
CELESTIAL CHURCH OF CHRIST FY2025£59k—0above—no doubt
CHRIST CHURCH HUNTINGDON FY2025£186k—0unclear—no doubt

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