SHEFFIELD ASSOCIATION FOR SPINA BIFIDA AND HYDROCEPHALUS

Registered charity 254108 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SHEFFIELD ASSOCIATION FOR SPINA BIFIDA & HYDROCEPHALUS, THE SHEFFIELD ASSOCIATION FOR SPINA BIFIDA AND HYDROCEPHALUS

The Association is established for the relief of persons who have Spina Bifida and/or hydrocephalus or allied or related disorders who are resident or were formerly resident in the Sheffield postal district by providing for their care, welfare, treatment, education and integration into society.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WHO HAVE SPINA BIFIDA AND/OR HYDROCEPHALUS OR ALLIED ORRELATED DISORDERS WHO ARE RESIDENT OR WERE FORMERLY RESIDENT IN THE SHEFFIELD POSTAL DISTRICT BY PROVIDING FOR THEIR CARE, WELFARE, TREATMENT,EDUCATION AND INTEGRATION INTO SOCIETY.

Area of benefit: SHEFFIELD POSTAL DISTRICT

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Sheffield, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £5,803 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted reserves of £66,637. The trustees confirm the charity is exempt from audit requirements and rely on external examination by Laytons Chartered Accountants. The organization continues to receive funding from the National Lottery and other sources to maintain its services.

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 policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — SHASBAH (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• Jiraffe Charity of the Year 2025/2026 — “We are lucky enough to be supported by a number of other charities and organisations. Below you can see a selection of these, although we ar…” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• MICHELLE GODDARDchair
• Carmel Maria Proctor
• Elissia Powell
• Janet Tippett
• Robert Pegg
• Sallyanne Ferguson
• Steph Horan
• Tina Stones
• Zanib Malik

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

Operates in: Barnsley · Derbyshire · Rotherham · Sheffield City

Income and spending

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Known funders

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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 SUSSEX ASSOCIATION FOR SPINA BIFIDA AND HYDROCEPHALUS.

• THE SUSSEX ASSOCIATION FOR SPINA BIFIDA AND HYDROCEPHALUS income £301k
• NORTH AND WEST YORKSHIRE ASSOCIATION FOR SPINA BIFIDA AND HYDROCEPHALUS income £81k
• SOCIETY FOR RESEARCH INTO HYDROCEPHALUS AND SPINA BIFIDA income £12k
• SPINA BIFIDA, HYDROCEPHALUS, INFORMATION, NETWORKING, EQUALITY - SHINE income £2.4m
• SHEFFIELD AFRICAN CARIBBEAN MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £757k
• SHEFFIELD AND HALLAMSHIRE COUNTY FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £1.2m

Side by side with its peers

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