Netherthorpe and Upperthorpe Community Alliance

Analysis

Netherthorpe and Upperthorpe Community Alliance is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sheffield. It was registered in August 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03628231). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Netherthorpe and Upperthorpe Community Alliance reported income of £2.3m and spending of £2.0m, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.7m to £2.3m (+33%), an average of +7.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Netherthorpe and Upperthorpe Community Alliance sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Citizens Advice Somerset (£2.3m), North West Cancer Research (Incorporating Clatterbridge Cancer Research CCR) (£2.3m) and Kaleidoscope Plus Group (£2.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 95% and investments 2.5%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £11k. Reserves of £220k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 90 people.