Mesh Community Cohesion Services

Analysis

Mesh Community Cohesion Services is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sheffield. It was registered in October 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Mesh Community Cohesion Services reported income of £38k and spending of £42k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £137k to £38k (-72%), an average of -28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Mesh Community Cohesion Services sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cikoko (£37k), The Littlemoor Charity (£38k) and Nancegollan Village Hall (£37k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.