GRIMESTHORPE FAMILY CENTRE

Registered charity 1184732 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GFC

Grimesthorpe Family Centre is run by volunteers to provide space for groups to rent, to benefit the community. We are refurbishing the Centre to increase our activities to benefit the local area.

Objects

TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF GRIMESTHORPE, BRIGHTSIDE AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS.IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER:TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN OR MANAGE OR CO-OPERATE WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE CHARITY IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND SECTION2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.

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
£60k
Latest spending
£18k
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is volunteer-led with no paid staff, resulting in zero employee costs and no pension scheme liabilities. Unrestricted reserves stood at £33,440 against total net assets of £67,465, with the trustees confirming adequate resources for future operations. The charity reported a net income surplus for the year, driven primarily by rental income and community activity fees.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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: 7

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

  • Volunteers: 7
  • Government income: £16,000 — contracts £8,000 (1), grants £8,000 (1); 94% of the £16,966 total gross income on the same return

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

  • Volunteers: 10

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2025 (received 29/05/2026, 118 days after the 31/01/2026 due date); year ending 31/03/2023 (received 02/07/2024, 153 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Funders the charity credits

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

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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
31/03/2025£60k£18k
31/03/2024£17k£13k
31/03/2023£25k£11k
31/03/2022£25k£23k
31/03/2021£11k£26k

Common questions

Is GRIMESTHORPE FAMILY CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity is volunteer-led with no paid staff, resulting in zero employee costs and no pension scheme liabilities. Unrestricted reserves stood at £33,440 against total net assets of £67,465, with the trustees confirming adequate resources for future operations. The charity reported a net income surplus for the year, driven primarily by rental income and community activity fees. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds GRIMESTHORPE FAMILY CENTRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name GRIMESTHORPE FAMILY CENTRE as a grant recipient include THE ASDA FOUNDATION, THE J G GRAVES CHARITABLE TRUST, SOAR COMMUNITY.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ASDA FOUNDATIONFY2024£20kInvesting in Spaces and Places
THE J G GRAVES CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£3k
THE J G GRAVES CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2021£3k
SOAR COMMUNITYFY2025£2kRelated party transaction
THE J G GRAVES CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024amount not stated

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund20/01/2023£10kMeet the Neighbours
The National Lottery Community Fund16/04/2021£10kRoutes to here

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
THE YAPP CHARITABLE TRUST1£3k
THE OAKDALE TRUST1£1k
HAMMERSMITH UNITED CHARITIES1£300

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
GRIMESTHORPE FAMILY CENTRE£60k—0unclear—no doubt
ELMSTEAD COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025£27k—0above—no doubt
MILNTHORPE FAMILY CENTRE FY2025£486k—0unclear—no doubt
FREEMANTLE AND SHIRLEY COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025£88k—0unclear—no doubt
TRIMSARAN FAMILY CENTRE FY2026£36k—0unclear—no doubt
GROVE NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRE LIMITED FY2025£109k—0above—noted

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