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Assist Sheffield

Assist Sheffield is a registered charity (number 1154862) based in Sheffield, governed by 13 trustees. Latest income £787k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 13 trustees
  • Income £787k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing
Where
Sheffield City
Website
www.assistsheffield.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2013

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£787k£604k
  • 2024£678k£560k
  • 2023£582k£510k
Earlier years
  • 2022£401k£447k
  • 2021£614k£398k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 15%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:(A)THE RELIEF AND SUPPORT OF INHABITANTS OF THE CITY OF SHEFFIELD AND ITS ENVIRONS (“THE AREA OF BENEFIT”) WHO ARE REFUGEES OR WHO ARE OR HAVE BEEN ASYLUM SEEKERS (INCLUDING THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE AT THE END OF THE ASYLUM PROCESS OR HAVE HAD THEIR APPLICATIONS FOR ASYLUM REFUSED) AND ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP, DISTRESS OR SOCIAL ISOLATION; AND(B)THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, OTHER STATUTORY AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS IN ORDER TO ASSIST THE INCLUSION OF SUCH INHABITANTS INTO THE WIDER COMMUNITY.

Grants received

37 grants · £2,101,905 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

Most recent

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.

13 trustees on the board

1.9y median 1y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

2.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (12)

Portfolio (1)

0
company-linked trustees

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

Accommodation/housing 13Education/training 13The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 13

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

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£787k 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.

4.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 5.6 in 2021

12 from 10 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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1154862
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - Foundation Registered 04 Dec 2013
Contact on the register
03002010072 · admin@assistsheffield.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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