THE LINK COMMUNITY HUB

Registered charity 1199450 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Link Community Hub helps and supports people who are disadvantaged due to poverty, deprivation, and circumstances. We offer support in education, activities and advice for those to the local and wider. We run support groups, youth groups, drop- ins, advice sessions, food bank and out reach work to care and support those in need.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO TO BE CARRIED OUT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE EAST OF SHEFFIELD AND IN PARTICULAR ON THE STRADBROKE ESTATE, ARE:1) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.2) THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED, BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE BY THE PROVISION OF ITEMS, SERVICES, SUPPORT AND SIGNPOSTING TO RELEVANT AGENCIES;3) THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING SUPPORT WITH CV WRITING, JOB SEARCHES AND SECURING WORK EXPERIENCE PLACEMENTS.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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

Causes: Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an excess of expenditure over income of £76,312 for the year ended 31 March 2025, compared to a surplus of £6,603 in the prior year. Unrestricted reserves stood at £42,975, while restricted reserves were £92,805, resulting in total net assets of £212,092. The filing does not disclose a reserves policy target or specific financial health metrics beyond these absolute figures.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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

Funders the charity credits

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

• Morrisons — “Thank you to Morrisons for inviting us to hold a Foodbank Drive at the Catcliffe store.” (source page)
• Yorkshire Water — “A huge thank you to our friends from Yorkshire Water and FareShare for giving” (source page)
• FareShare — “A huge thank you to our friends from Yorkshire Water and FareShare for giving” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• COLIN JAMES MITCHELL
• GEMMA DORETTE CHEETHAM
• JOSHUA JAMES PASHLEY
• Nicola Anne Quibell

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

Operates in: Sheffield City

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

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

• THE COMMUNITY HUB income £141k
• THE LINK FOUNDATION LTD income £113k
• COMMUNITIES FOOD & WELLBEING HUB income £156k
• SOCIAL LINK income £597k
• THE LINKAGE COMMUNITY TRUST LIMITED income £25.6m
• SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES income £176k

Side by side with its peers

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