Assist Sheffield

Analysis

Assist Sheffield is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sheffield. It was registered in December 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Assist Sheffield reported income of £787k and spending of £604k, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £614k to £787k (+28%), an average of +6.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Assist Sheffield sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chareidim Beis Shaymesh (£786k), Mount Zion Christian Ministries International (Freedom Arena) (£788k) and Carlee Ltd (£785k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 56%, donations and legacies 38%, trading 4.6% and investments 1.1%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.5%. Reserves of £235k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 12 people.