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CHURCH BURGESSES TRUST

Registered charity 221284 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SHEFFIELD CHURCH BURGESSES TRUST

The Trust makes grants:to support general charitable purposes for the benefit of the people of Sheffield, and to support the religious and other charitable work of the Church of England in Sheffield.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£2.2m
Latest spending
£2.1m
Registered
1964
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total net assets increased to £38,005,271, with unrestricted reserves standing at £1,044,677. The charity reported a net income available for charitable purposes of £1,385,556, which exceeded charitable activity expenditure of £1,308,367. The trustees confirmed that resources are adequate to continue as a going concern with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Rental income (59% of income)
“Rental income 1,269,164” — page 23
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The Law Clerk is a partner in Wrigleys who provides legal and administrative services to the Trust.
“The Law Clerk is a partner in Wrigleys who provides legal and administrative services to the Trust. The Trust has no employees.” — page 33
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by BHP LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£2.2m
Total spending
£2.1m
Reserves (reported)
£1.0m
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~6.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (90% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Sheffield City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£2.2m£2.1m
31/12/2023£2.0m£2.1m
31/12/2022£1.9m£2.0m
31/12/2021£2.0m£1.8m
31/12/2020£1.6m£1.8m

Common questions

Is CHURCH BURGESSES TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that total net assets increased to £38,005,271, with unrestricted reserves standing at £1,044,677. The charity reported a net income available for charitable purposes of £1,385,556, which exceeded charitable activity expenditure of £1,308,367. The trustees confirmed that resources are adequate to continue as a going concern with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by BHP LLP.

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
EMMANUEL CHURCH OXFORD2£7k
THE ARCHBISHOPS' COUNCIL1£15.5m
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, SPROTBROUGH WITH ST EDMUND, ANCHORAGE LANE1£45k
CHRIST CHURCH ENDCLIFFE CIO1£6k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SHEFFIELD TOWN TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CHURCH BURGESSES TRUST£2.2m—0unclear—no doubt
SHEFFIELD TOWN TRUST FY2025£420k—0within—no doubt
Grace Church Sheffield FY2025£254k—0unclear—no doubt
EMMANUEL CHURCH SHEFFIELD FY2025£154k—0above—no doubt
CITY CHURCH SHEFFIELD FY2025£424k—0below—no doubt
UNION CHURCH, SHEFFIELD FY2025£101k—3above—no doubt

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