HIGH HAZELS PARK SHEFFIELD

Registered charity 1183830 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

High Hazels Park is situated in Darnall, Sheffield. The objects of the charity are the provision and maintenance of a public park and recreation ground in Sheffield for the use of members of the public resorting thereto with the object of improving their conditions of life.

Objects

THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A PARK AND RECREATION GROUND FOR USE BY THE PUBLIC

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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Latest income

£187k

Latest spending

£107k

Registered

2019

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £729,330, with unrestricted reserves of £7,495. The trustees report that no specific unrestricted reserves policy is deemed necessary because the charity is managed and funded by Sheffield City Council, which bears the annual revenue deficit. The charity is dependent on the Council for day-to-day management and funding, with the Council providing a grant of £80,126 to cover the shortfall between charitable income and expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: The charity has a very close relationship with Sheffield City Council who is the sole trustee and provides the balance of funding not provided elsewhere on an annual basis, to enable the charity to carry out its charitable objectives. The amount of funding provided by Sheffield City Council during the year is £172,571 (23/24: £107,547). At the year end £1,225 (23/24: £873) was owed by Sheffield City Council.

“The charity has a very close relationship with Sheffield City Council who is the sole trustee and provides the balance of funding not provided elsewhere on an annual basis, to enable the charity to carry out its charitable objectives. The amount of funding provided by Sheffield City Council during the year is £172,571 (23/24: £107,547). At the year end £1,225 (23/24: £873) was owed by Sheffield City Council.” — page 19

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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
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

Trustees · trustee networks

SHEFFIELD CITY COUNCIL · trustee of 13 other charities

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

Operates in: Sheffield City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£187k	£107k
31/03/2024	£99k	£96k
31/03/2023	£93k	£98k
31/03/2022	£81k	£68k
31/03/2021	£80k	£97k

Common questions

Is HIGH HAZELS PARK SHEFFIELD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds increased to £729,330, with unrestricted reserves of £7,495. The trustees report that no specific unrestricted reserves policy is deemed necessary because the charity is managed and funded by Sheffield City Council, which bears the annual revenue deficit. The charity is dependent on the Council for day-to-day management and funding, with the Council providing a grant of £80,126 to cover the shortfall between charitable income and expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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
King Charles III Charitable Fund	1	—
THE GROCERS' CHARITY	1	£5k
SHEFFIELD TOWN TRUST	1	£4k
THE HOSPITAL OF GILBERT, EARL OF SHREWSBURY AT SHEFFIELD	1	£3k
THE WALTER GUINNESS CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HILLSBOROUGH PARK.

HILLSBOROUGH PARK income £687k
ENDCLIFFE PARK income £219k
WESTON PARK TRUST income £142k
GRAVES PARK income £849k
NORFOLK PARK income £344k
HAZEL HILL TRUST income £82k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
HIGH HAZELS PARK SHEFFIELD	£187k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HILLSBOROUGH PARK FY2025	£687k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ENDCLIFFE PARK FY2025	£219k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WESTON PARK TRUST FY2025	£142k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GRAVES PARK FY2025	£849k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NORFOLK PARK FY2025	£344k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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