Sheffield Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus

Analysis

Sheffield Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sheffield. It was registered in May 1968, 58 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Sheffield Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus reported income of £86k and spending of £81k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £44k to £86k (+98%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 65%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Sheffield Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Heartbeat International Missions (£86k), Abergele Hospital League of Friends (£86k) and Eastbourne and District Samaritans (£86k).