SINCERE SUPPORT

Registered charity 1182656 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

HELP AND ASSISTANCE FOR PARENTS AND FAMILIES OF SICK CHILDREN IN HOSPITAL OR WHO HAVE SADLY BEEN BEREAVED

Objects

TO RELIEVE THE STRESSES EXPERIENCED BY THE FAMILY AND CARERS OF CHILDREN WITH TERMINAL OR SERIOUS ILLNESSES IN HOSPITAL IN THE REGION OF YORKSHIRE AND HUMBER AND LINCOLNSHIRE AND TO SUPPORT OTHER PROPERLY CONSTITUTED GROUPS WORKING FOR THE SAME PURPOSE

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Sheffield, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£123k

Latest spending

£113k

Registered

2019

Accounts read

FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity held unrestricted reserves of £79,616 at the year end, which the trustees state are available to meet the costs of running the charity. The accounts were subject to an independent examination by Jonathan White & Co Accountants Limited, who reported no material matters requiring attention. The charity received significant restricted funding from the National Lottery Community Fund and raised £37,121 through fundraising activities.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £20,809 — below the median for charities its size (£60k)

“Included with Salaries are salary payments of £20,809 to MR S Lister, a trustee.” — page 6

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Largest income source: The National Lottery Community Fund Reaching Communities (70% of income)

“Funding of £86,300 has also been secured from the National Lottery Community Fund - Reaching Communities, which is restricted.”

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: MR S Lister received salary payments of £20,809.

“Included with Salaries are salary payments of £20,809 to MR S Lister, a trustee.” — page 6

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Trustee remuneration

“Included with Salaries are salary payments of £20,809 to MR S Lister, a trustee.” — page 6

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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
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
Investing charity funds 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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/01/2026

Volunteers: 57

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/01/2025

Volunteers: 63
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; other trustee benefit

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/01/2024

Volunteers: 71
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; other trustee benefit

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — SINCERE SUPPORT UK (matched by registered charity number).

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (24/06/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Stephen Haley Listerchair
ELLIS BROOKE POWELL-BEVAN
FIONA BOWDEN
GEOFFREY BRIGNALL
PETER BOWDEN
SHEENA DENISE POWELL-BEVAN

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

Operates in: Barnsley · City Of Wakefield · Doncaster · East Riding Of Yorkshire · Leeds City · Lincolnshire · Nottinghamshire · Rotherham · Sheffield City · Warwickshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/01/2026	£123k	£113k
31/01/2025	£122k	£112k
31/01/2024	£93k	£107k
31/01/2023	£118k	£106k
31/01/2022	£113k	£125k

Common questions

Is SINCERE SUPPORT financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The charity held unrestricted reserves of £79,616 at the year end, which the trustees state are available to meet the costs of running the charity. The accounts were subject to an independent examination by Jonathan White & Co Accountants Limited, who reported no material matters requiring attention. The charity received significant restricted funding from the National Lottery Community Fund and raised £37,121 through fundraising activities. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of SINCERE SUPPORT earn?

Per its FY2026 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £20,809 band.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	31/07/2023	£256k	SUPPORTING FAMILIES IN CRISIS
The National Lottery Community Fund	19/07/2019	£366k	Supporting Families Through Illness and Bereavement
The National Lottery Community Fund	29/01/2014	£10k	Sincere Support training and volunteer programme

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
EASTWOOD PROVINCIAL ESTATES LIMITED	1	£826k
THE HELPING FOUNDATION	1	£407k
LELOK LIMITED	1	£113k
SABENO LIMITED	1	£64k

Charities like this

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

THE REAL GOOD FOUNDATION income £28k
THE SINCLAIR CHARITY income £514k
CHARITY ESTATE income £32k
I Human Foundation income £62k
THE SYMPATHETIC TRUST income £877k
HELP ANIYIM income £477k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SINCERE SUPPORT	£123k	£20,809	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE REAL GOOD FOUNDATION FY2025	£28k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE SINCLAIR CHARITY FY2025	£514k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CHARITY ESTATE FY2025	£32k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
I Human Foundation FY2025	£62k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE SYMPATHETIC TRUST FY2025	£877k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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