ST LEONARD'S COMMUNITY CHURCH

Registered charity 1195960 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We are a church community gathering people from across the Arbourthorne and Norfolk park area of Sheffield.We love where we live and want to see our local community thrive. We believe that God loves everything and everyone he created, that Jesus calls us to live out the life of love that he modelled, and we want to live that out here in S2.

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Latest income

£62k

Latest spending

£56k

Registered

2021

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves of £24,520 significantly exceed the trustees' stated 2025 policy target of £6,500. The charity reports that giving exceeded budgeted figures and secured grants, resulting in a net movement in funds of £6,568 for the year. The trustees consider the current cash balance sufficient to meet cash flow needs and the 2025 budget.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: reserves to cover ongoing costs along with covering unforeseen circumstances (held: £25k)

“The trustees agreed a formal reserves policy in 2024 reserves to cover ongoing costs along with covering unforeseen circumstances.. For 2025 this target was £6,500.” — page 6

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Rev Lucy Sablanchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Caroline Clifford
Guido Mlibazisi Ngandu FCCA
James William Noble
Rev Amy Hole MA HONS · trustee of 2 other charities
Stephen Adams · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: Sheffield City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£62k	£56k
31/12/2023	£60k	£34k
31/12/2022	£0	£0
05/04/2022	£0	£0

Common questions

Is ST LEONARD'S COMMUNITY CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that free reserves of £24,520 significantly exceed the trustees' stated 2025 policy target of £6,500. The charity reports that giving exceeded budgeted figures and secured grants, resulting in a net movement in funds of £6,568 for the year. The trustees consider the current cash balance sufficient to meet cash flow needs and the 2025 budget. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds ST LEONARD'S COMMUNITY CHURCH?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ST LEONARD'S COMMUNITY CHURCH as a grant recipient include THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH HEELEY WITH ARBOURTHORNE AND NORFOLK PARK.

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.

Rev Amy Hole MA HONS — trustee here and at THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH HEELEY WITH ARBOURTHORNE AND NORFOLK PARK
Stephen Adams — trustee here and at THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH HEELEY WITH ARBOURTHORNE AND NORFOLK PARK

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH HEELEY WITH ARBOURTHORNE AND NORFOLK PARK	FY2023	£2k	Shared admin worker grant portion