SHEFFIELD MIND LTD

Registered charity 276108 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SHEFIELD MIND

PROVIDING RECOVERY, PREVENTION, SUPPORT AND INFORMATION SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN SHEFFIELD SUFFERING MENTAL ILL-HEALTH.

Objects

(1) TO WORK FOR AND PROMOTE THE PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH AND THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF MENTAL DISORDERS AND DISABILITIES AMONG BOTH ADULTS AND CHILDREN. (2) TO WORK FOR AND PROMOTE THE STUDY OF RESEARCH INTO MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL DISORDERS AND DISABILITIES AND TO OBTAIN AND MAKE RECORDS OF AND DISSEMINATE INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SAME. FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION.

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.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£1.1m
Latest spending
£1.1m
Registered
1978
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £12,259 for the year ended 31 March 2026, a reduction from the previous year's deficit of £90,083. Per the trustees' report, cash reserves remain healthy at £999,315, which is sufficient to cover restricted and designated funds and exceeds the stated policy target of three to six months' expenditure. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: between three and six month’s expenditure (reserves figure: £1.2m)
“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six month’s expenditure.” — page 9
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Rogers Spencer. 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.

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2026

  • Volunteers: 40
  • Government income: £169,000 — contracts £84,500 (2), grants £84,500 (2); 15% of the £1,114,980 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 50
  • Government income: £221,434 — grants £221,434 (6); 21% of the £1,055,444 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 37

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2022 (received 09/05/2023, 98 days after the 31/01/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

The charity’s company — latest Companies House iXBRL filing (balance sheet 31 March 2026)
  • Average employees: 0.36

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

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

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

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £120k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Total income
£1.1m
Total spending
£1.1m
Cost of raising funds
£13k
Reserves (reported)
£1.3m
Employees
36

Reported reserves equal ~13.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (88% 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: 1.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Sheffield City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£1.1m£1.1m
31/03/2025£1.1m£1.1m
31/03/2024£1.1m£1.1m
31/03/2023£1.1m£849k
31/03/2022£1.1m£1.2m

Common questions

Is SHEFFIELD MIND LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £12,259 for the year ended 31 March 2026, a reduction from the previous year's deficit of £90,083. Per the trustees' report, cash reserves remain healthy at £999,315, which is sufficient to cover restricted and designated funds and exceeds the stated policy target of three to six months' expenditure. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2026 accounts were audited by Rogers Spencer.

Who funds SHEFFIELD MIND LTD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SHEFFIELD MIND LTD as a grant recipient include MIND (THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH), NETHERTHORPE AND UPPERTHORPE COMMUNITY ALLIANCE, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL FOR THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARK'S, BROOMHILL, SHEFFIELD.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
MIND (THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH)FY2023£600kCost of Living Fund 22-23
MIND (THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH)FY2021£292kPears Foundation / DCMS Emergency Funding 20/21 (England only)
MIND (THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH)FY2022£127kLMGF Services 2021
MIND (THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH)FY2022£127kMentally Healthy Universities
NETHERTHORPE AND UPPERTHORPE COMMUNITY ALLIANCEFY2022£10kLive Lighter Extension
NETHERTHORPE AND UPPERTHORPE COMMUNITY ALLIANCEFY2023£9k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL FOR THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARK'S, BROOMHILL, SHEFFIELDFY2022£695Home Donation

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund22/01/2020£493kSheffield Mind Magpies
The National Lottery Community Fund14/04/2014£278kSheffield Mind and Body Project
The National Lottery Community Fund08/02/2012£1kHealth and Safety Refurbishment and Renovation at Sheffield Mind
The National Lottery Community Fund08/11/2010£303kSheffield Mind and Body Project
The National Lottery Community Fund15/04/2005£2kThere is no project name available for this record
Northern Rock Foundation01/02/2000£18kGrant awarded to Sheffield MIND (Yorkshire)

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CARDIFF MIND LTD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SHEFFIELD MIND LTD£1.1m—0above—no doubt
CARDIFF MIND LTD FY2025£1.6m—0unclear—material uncertainty
SHEFFIELD M.E. GROUP FY2025£67k——above—no doubt
WILTSHIRE MIND FY2025£188k—0within—no doubt
ROCHDALE AND DISTRICT MIND FY2025£1.8m—0unclear—no doubt
SUFFOLK MIND FY2025£4.0m——unclear—no doubt

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