Sheffield United Community Foundation

Analysis

Sheffield United Community Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sheffield. It was registered in November 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and amateur sport, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06736385). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Sheffield United Community Foundation reported income of £2.5m and spending of £2.4m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £1.8m to £2.5m (+39%), an average of +8.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Sheffield United Community Foundation sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kite College (£2.5m), Dingley Family and Specialist Early Years Centres (£2.5m) and Community Connex Ltd. (£2.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 96% and donations and legacies 4.3%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.3m would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 50 people.