Tinsley Community Allotment

Analysis

Tinsley Community Allotment is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sheffield. It was registered in December 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Tinsley Community Allotment reported income of £10k and spending of £18k, spending 173% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £5,074 to £10k (+104%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 115%. Over the whole period it spent 162% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Tinsley Community Allotment sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 33% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Village Hall (Wallington Desmesne) (£10k), Mill Rythe Junior School Parent/Teacher Association (£10k) and King George's Field Denmead (£10k).

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.