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Registered charity · Sheffield

Soar Community

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £3.4m (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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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 total

360Giving 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 £12,8102025-02-14
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £198,2922023-07-31
  • Sheffield City Council £2,171,3942022-12-05
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,9232022-01-28
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,9492016-09-28
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

3.8y median 4y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (2)

9
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 11General Charitable Purposes 11The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 11

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Other services 12Education 2Health and social care 2

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.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£3.4m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

6.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 3.9 in 2021

42 from 38 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
73%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

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
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