TRUST PROPERTY HELD IN CONNECTION WITH UPPER CHAPEL

Registered charity 239405 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as UPPER CHAPEL SHEFFIELD

Religious activities, maintenance of listed building.

Objects

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Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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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Latest income

£214k

Latest spending

£253k

Registered

1965

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £56,234, driven by a significant £94,534 unrealised gain on investments. Total funds carried forward increased to £3,963,256, with unrestricted reserves held at £3,963,256, which the trustees note are sufficient to cover normal expenditure while maintaining adequate funds for future property repairs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: adequate funds available to cover future repairs and renovations (held: £4.0m)

“The recurring level of incoming resources is sufficient to cover normal ministerial and other charitable expenditure. However, the Trustees are mindful of the age of the respective properties that the Trust owns and the need to have adequate funds available to cover future repairs and renovations.” — page 3

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
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

Trustees · trustee networks

Diane Day · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr Michael Peter Ramsey · trustee of 2 other charities
Karen Allison · trustee of 1 other charity
Kathleen Penelope Anne Ramsey · trustee of 1 other charity
Marion Baker · trustee of 7 other charities
Robert Ince · trustee of 4 other charities
SUSAN BARBARA TOULSON · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Sheffield City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£214k	£253k
31/12/2024	£209k	£209k
31/12/2023	£209k	£220k
31/12/2022	£194k	£175k
31/12/2021	£194k	£155k

Common questions

Is TRUST PROPERTY HELD IN CONNECTION WITH UPPER CHAPEL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £56,234, driven by a significant £94,534 unrealised gain on investments. Total funds carried forward increased to £3,963,256, with unrestricted reserves held at £3,963,256, which the trustees note are sufficient to cover normal expenditure while maintaining adequate funds for future property repairs. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£68k
THE IAN ASKEW CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TRUST PROPERTY IN CONNECTION WITH WALMSLEY UNITARIAN CHAPEL.

TRUST PROPERTY IN CONNECTION WITH WALMSLEY UNITARIAN CHAPEL income £108k
TRUST PROPERTY AND FUNDS HELD IN CONNECTION WITH ST COLUMBA'S CHURCH AND CONGREGATION income £1.0m
FUNDS HELD IN CONNECTION WITH THE DUNHAM ROAD UNITARIAN CHAPEL income £106k
POWER AND PEACE CHAPEL INTERNATIONAL income £371k
CITY CHAPEL income £186k
THE HISTORIC CHAPELS TRUST income £2.2m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
TRUST PROPERTY HELD IN CONNECTION WITH UPPER CHAPEL	£214k	—	above	—	no doubt
TRUST PROPERTY IN CONNECTION WITH WALMSLEY UNITARIAN CHAPEL FY2025	£108k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
TRUST PROPERTY AND FUNDS HELD IN CONNECTION WITH ST COLUMBA'S CHURCH AND CONGREGATION FY2025	£1.0m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
FUNDS HELD IN CONNECTION WITH THE DUNHAM ROAD UNITARIAN CHAPEL FY2025	£106k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
POWER AND PEACE CHAPEL INTERNATIONAL FY2025	£371k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CITY CHAPEL FY2025	£186k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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