Ellesmere Childrens Centre

Analysis

Ellesmere Childrens Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sheffield. It was registered in August 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03733859). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Ellesmere Childrens Centre reported income of £562k and spending of £386k, leaving 31% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £268k to £562k (+110%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 110%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Ellesmere Childrens Centre sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hackney Migrant Centre (£562k), Cambridge Dial a Ride Limited (£562k) and Aching Arms (£562k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 92% and investments 1.5%. Charitable activities took 87% of spending and raising funds 13%. Reserves of £597k would cover about 19 months of spending at that rate. It employed 12 people.