Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 9
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 2 ?

SUPPORT ARTS GARDENING EDUCATION

SAGE provides activities and support for adults with mental health difficulties. Its main base is a large allotment plot close to Sheffield City Centre. Activities include gardening, arts & crafts, cooking, & visits eg to environmental projects, & supported progression. A supported singing group meets at another site. Groups meet weekly year round and are supported by paid staff and volunteers.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • Income has been volatile recently
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£90£75£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£60£49£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£50£49£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£90£162£-72n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£181£189£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£199£187£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£201£174£27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£203£177£26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£169£145£24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£136£125£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£77£79£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£75£78£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£114£98£16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£101£112£-11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£109£104£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£117£90£26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£51£45£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 18 years

www.sagesheffield.org.uk

enquiries@sagesheffield.org.uk

01146980027

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Allotments & gardens
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Sheffield City,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Wolfson Foundation£23,900
National Lottery Community Fund£19,239
Garfield Weston Foundation£10,000
The Foyle Foundation£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£5,000 10/07/2023
towards the therapeutic singing group for women who have experienced mental ill-health over 12 months
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 22/03/2023
SAGE Sheffield
National Lottery Community Fund - SAGE Regrowth
£9,999 11/11/2022
The funding will be used to provide additional weekly horticultural activities for people with mental ill health. The project aims to provide therapeutic activities where service users can access purposeful activity which will reduce their ....more
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to SAGE Sheffield
£23,900 08/06/2022
Upgrade of allotment providing horticulture therapy to adults with mental health problems
National Lottery Community Fund - SAGE
£9,240 11/12/2020
11
The funding will be used to provide a gardening-based mental health support service to adults suffering from complex issues introducing structure into their lives and providing low-level social interactions and activities. The project aims to ....more
Virgin Money Foundation - Grant to SAGE
£500 17/07/2019
Grant through the Heart of the Community Fund used to purchase an outdoor pizza oven to allow them to offer a variety of foods to their clients making them feel happier and healthier.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 03/11/2017
Rooting for Wellbeing
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards a singing project for women who are vulnerable
£1,000 02/11/2017
Towards a singing project for women who are vulnerable and experiencing mental health problems.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to SAGE (Support Arts Gardening Education)
£60,000 08/12/2016
36
towards three years' running costs of a project providing support to adults with mental health issues in Sheffield
Comic Relief - Putting down longterm roots
£39,987 30/11/2016
24
SAGE offers therapeutic horticulture and arts activities to people with mental health issues in an inner city area of Sheffield.The grant will help them improve their marketing and communications and develop new income streams for their work.
National Lottery Community Fund - Growing well-being
£498,639 14/11/2014
59
Not Available
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Support Arts Gardening Education
£69,572 12/11/2014
Project seeking to continue and further develop their Social Therapy through Horticulture service. It provides a transitional route of support for adults recovering from mental ill health. It rebuilds confidence, basic skills and re-integration.
National Lottery Community Fund - Growing confidence!
£195,959 15/08/2012
36
This project will improve the emotional, physical and social wellbeing of adults with mental health problems through a series of gardening therapy sessions. Beneficiaries will have a one-to-one meeting with a member of staff to create individual ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Support Arts Gardening Education
£37,500 29/03/2011
the salary and on costs of the Director and the Administrator/Finance Worker, and a contribution to core costs (rent, phone, stationery)
Woodward Charitable Trust - Therapeutic arts & horticulture project
£2,500 22/02/2010
Towards the therapeutic arts and horticulture project for adults experiencing mental health problems.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 60-72
  • ALISON FROST Appointed: 2006, Occupation: Mental Health Practitioner
  • ANDREW NAISBY Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired
  • DR WILLIAM WILSON CARLILE (Chair), Occupation: General Medical Practitioner
  • HUGH MCCULLOUGH Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired
  • MAX NERURKAR Appointed: 2023
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 19/06/2006, number: 1114743
  • Registered at Companies House on 06/02/2006, number: 05698287
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
17 returns made; all on time
Main office

30 Minna Road
Sheffield
S3 9AZ

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF THE RESIDENTS OF SHEFFIELD BY THE PROVISION OF ACTIVITIES WHICH WILL INCLUDE IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY: SUPPORT, CARE AND COUNSELLING, OPPORTUNITIES FOR ARTISTIC AND CREATIVE EXPRESSION, OPPORTUNITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION, OPPORTUNITIES FOR EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR WORK.

Defined Area of Benefit:

SOUTH YORKSHIRE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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