BLESS COMMUNITY SUPPORT

Registered charity 1202061 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Bless offers daily activities which universally aim to reduce isolation and loneliness across a diverse range of ages, backgrounds, health and abilities. We currently deliver our services from our two bases: Upton and North Elmsall Village Hall and our centre in Hemsworth. Many of our activities centre around a creative, physical or educational theme to help people re-engage with their community.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£167k

Latest spending

£173k

Registered

2023

Accounts read

FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £1,281 for the period, resulting in total net assets of £44,286. The trustees note that the charity has not yet reached its stated reserves target of £13,000, attributing this to increased demand for services directing funds toward frontline activity. Despite this, the trustees consider the current level of reserves sufficient for short-term needs and report no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £3k; policy: three months of core operating costs, currently calculated at £13,000)

“By the end of the 2026 financial year, we had not yet reached this target.” — 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.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Barry Cannon
Beverley Williams
Bradley David Ellis
Elaine Griffin
Julie Pauline Robinson

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

Operates in: Barnsley · City Of Wakefield · Doncaster · Leeds City · Sheffield City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
28/02/2026	£167k	£173k
28/02/2025	£186k	£174k
29/02/2024	£161k	£123k

Common questions

Is BLESS COMMUNITY SUPPORT financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £1,281 for the period, resulting in total net assets of £44,286. The trustees note that the charity has not yet reached its stated reserves target of £13,000, attributing this to increased demand for services directing funds toward frontline activity. Despite this, the trustees consider the current level of reserves sufficient for short-term needs and report no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds BLESS COMMUNITY SUPPORT?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BLESS COMMUNITY SUPPORT as a grant recipient include THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATION, THE SYLVIA AND COLIN SHEPHERD CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ARCHER TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATION	FY2025	£15k
THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATION	FY2024	£5k
THE SYLVIA AND COLIN SHEPHERD CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£1k
THE ARCHER TRUST	FY2024	£1k

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	01/03/2024	£18k	Bless Community Craft Groups