Registered charity · Sheffield
Soar Community
- 11 trustees
- Income £3.4m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Mark RuslingChair · since 2024
- Andrew David MaleTrustee · since 2021
- Brigitte KavianiTrustee · since 2026
- Councillor Michael ChaplinTrustee · since 2025
- Eleanor Jane HoulstonTrustee
- Hildah TinasheTrustee · since 2025
- Josephine TowlTrustee · since 2021
- Maxine Greaves MBETrustee · since 2019
- Simon Peter RipponTrustee · since 2018
- Talib HussainTrustee · since 2023
- Wan Ten YapTrustee · since 2020
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 3 more
- Where
- Sheffield City
- Website
- www.soarcommunity.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Soar Community
- Registered
- 2005
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£3.4m£2.3m
- 2024£2.4m£2.0m
- 2023£1.9m£2.1m
Earlier years
- 2022£2.0m£2.1m
- 2021£1.6m£1.8m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 7% · Government grants 66%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
3.1 THE PROMOTION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF URBAN OR RURAL REGENERATION IN AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION (AND IN PARTICULAR THE NORTH OF SHEFFIELD, SOUTH YORKSHIRE AS SHOWN EDGED IN BOLD ON THE ATTACHED PLAN) ("THE AREA OF BENEFIT") BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:3.1.1 THE RELIEF OF POVERTY3.1.2 THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT3.1.3 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING OR RETRAINING, PARTICULARLY AMONG UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE AND PROVIDING UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE WITH WORK EXPERIENCE3.1.4 THE PROVISIONS OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE OR BUSINESS ADVICE OR CONSULTANCY IN ORDER TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE IN CASES OF FINANCIAL OR OTHER CHARITABLE NEED THROUGH HELP (I) IN SETTING UP THEIR OWN BUSINESS, OR (II) TO EXISTING BUSINESSES3.1.5 THE CREATION OF TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES BY THE CREATION OF WORKSPACE, BUILDINGS AND/OR LAND FOR USE ON FAVOURABLE TERMS3.1.6 THE PROVISION OF HOUSING FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF HOUSING IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR OR IN CHARITABLE OWNERSHIP PROVIDED THAT SUCH POWER SHALL NOT EXTEND TO RELIEVING ANY LOCAL AUTHORITIES OR OTHER BODIES OF A STATUTORY DUTY TO PROVIDE OR IMPROVE HOUSING3.1.7 THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT OR PROVISION OF PUBLIC AMENITIES3.1.8 THE PRESERVATION OF BUILDINGS OR SITES OF HISTORIC OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE3.1.9 THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE OR THOSE WHO BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES3.1.10 THE PROTECTION OR CONSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT3.1.11 THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES AND CHILDCARE3.1.12 THE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND PREVENTION OF CRIME3.1.13 SUCH OTHER MEANS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED SUBJECT TO THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS FOR ENGLAND AND WALES3.2 TO DETERMINE STRATEGIES THAT WHEN IMPLEMENTED WILL ASSIST THE REGENERATION OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HM GOVERNMENT, SHEFFIELD CITY COUNCIL AND THE BUSINESS, COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SECTOR AS APPROPRIATE.
Grants received
6 grants · £2,411,825 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Sheffield City Council · £2,184,204 (2 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £227,621 (4 grants)
Most recent
- Sheffield City Council
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- Sheffield City Council
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
11 trustees on the board
- Mark Rusling Chair since 2024
- Andrew David Male since 2021
- Brigitte Kaviani since 2026
- Councillor Michael Chaplin since 2025
- Eleanor Jane Houlston
- Hildah Tinashe since 2025
- Josephine Towl since 2021
- Maxine Greaves MBE since 2019
- Simon Peter Rippon since 2018
- Talib Hussain since 2023
- Wan Ten Yap since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- Maxine Greaves MBE since 2019
- Simon Peter Rippon since 2018
- Wan Ten Yap since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Mark Rusling Chair since 2024
- Andrew David Male since 2021
- Brigitte Kaviani since 2026
- Councillor Michael Chaplin since 2025
- Eleanor Jane Houlston
- Hildah Tinashe since 2025
- Josephine Towl since 2021
- Simon Peter Rippon since 2018
- Talib Hussain since 2023
Portfolio (2)
- Maxine Greaves MBE since 2019
- Wan Ten Yap since 2020
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
6.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 3.9 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1112008
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 02/03/2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21/10/2010AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 10/12/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 14/12/2012
- Companies House
- Company number 05060698 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01142134065 · enquiries@soarcommunity.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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