Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 7
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • Good reserves: +1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

THE PHILADELPHIA NETWORK LIMITED

A Christian Church with Anglican Baptist and Free Church expression. Operating from St Thomas' Church Philadelphia S6 3BL and the King's Centre Christian Church S11 9EH. Activities: Worship; planting missional communities; student, youth & children's groups around Sheffield; working with vulnerable adults.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income was significantly lower than spending in the latest year but the charity has substantial reserves available

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
31/12/23£1,340£1,996£-657£0£2,122£2,02912.224325
31/12/22£1,385£1,227£158£0£2,779£2,19521.525300
31/12/21£1,286£980£306£0£2,621£2,11225.925300
31/12/20£1,240£886£354£0£2,315£1,96926.732300
31/12/19£946£973£-27£0£1,962£1,85822.935260
31/12/18£1,110£1,148£-38£0£1,989£1,85519.4360
31/12/17£1,128£1,185£-57£0£2,027£1,86518.9350
31/12/16£1,204£1,311£-107£0£2,084£1,87817.2280
31/12/15£1,500£1,595£-96£4£2,279£2,00915.1280
31/12/14£1,895£1,451£445£4£2,416£1,78514.8320
31/12/13£1,499£1,426£73£3£2,807£2,55521.5340
31/12/12£1,441£1,398£43£4£2,733£2,48021.3330
31/12/11£1,646£1,396£250£4£2,690£2,36520.3350
31/12/10£1,477£1,565£-89£3£2,440£2,28917.5370

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 4%
Liabilities/Income: 6%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 96%
Reserves/Spending: 12.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 2.2
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 15 years
(17 years as a company)

www.ncsheffield.org

admin@ncsheffield.org

01142419560

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Religious Activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Christian congregations
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Sheffield City,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • 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
The Trussell Trust£217,792
National Lottery Community Fund£9,812
The Bishop Radford Trust£2,000
BBC Children in Need£500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
BBC Children in Need - Grant to The Philadelphia Network Ltd
£500 20/10/2022
0
‘Cost of Living uplift: £500 to help projects meet their rising costs and respond to increased demand 31/10/2022’
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Sheffield S6 Foodbank
£182,965 26/10/2021
CA, 3 p/t advisers, 1.5 FTE for 3 years
The Bishop Radford Trust - Grant to Philidelphia Network
£2,000 29/01/2021
36
Funding towards a 3-5 year old long-wheel-base Transit type van that will serve the Foodbank for the next 5 years . The van will be used daily and will facilitate the distribution of approximately ....more
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Sheffield S6 Foodbank
£30,000 20/01/2021
Warehouse extension and remodelling
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Sheffield S6 Foodbank
£4,827 26/03/2020
CV emergency costs: storage costs, salary costs
National Lottery Community Fund - SCYL
£9,812 14/02/2020
12
The funding will be used to continue to run a 5-a-side league for young people. The project aims to provide free football sessions to reduce anti-social behaviour.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to The Philadelphia Network Ltd
£25,644 15/03/2019
36
This project will provide games and activity sessions for disadvantaged young people living in Shiregreen, Sheffield. The project aims to improve confidence and aspirations, wellbeing and ....more
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Sheffield S6 Foodbank
£2,645 12/02/2019
Upfront costs of "mini-festival" fundraiser
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Sheffield S6 Foodbank
£2,645 31/01/2019
12
“Mini-festival” fundraiser event
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Sheffield S6 Foodbank
£28,764 20/01/2019
36
New p/t “more than food” worker
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Sheffield S6 Foodbank
£28,764 12/12/2018
New p/t “more than food” worker
National Lottery Community Fund - Forge-ing Futures
£9,997 19/07/2018
12
The funding will be used to deliver a range of positive activities for young people including team building activities and trips. The project aims to develop positive relationships and raise ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 38-61
  • BRIAN GOOCH Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Tax Technical Director
  • DR A ADEBAJO
  • JOANNA ELISABETH MACINNES (Chair) Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Nhs Contract Manager
  • PETER IBISON Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Finance Manager
  • REV MICHAEL RUTTER Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Minister Of Religion
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 16/03/2010, number: 1134973
  • Registered at Companies House on 21/12/2006, number: 06035697
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
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
14 returns made; all on time
Main office

ST. THOMAS CHURCH
6 GILPIN STREET
SHEFFIELD
S6 3BL

Objectives

(1) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN THE DIOCESE OF SHEFFIELD AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND/OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT, THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF A CHURCH OR CHURCH(2) THE PROVISION OF PASTORAL CARE FOR THE CONGREGATION WORSHIPPING AT THE EXTRA-PAROCHIAL PLACE KNOWN AS ST THOMAS' CHURCH AT PHILADELPHIA.(3) TO PROMOTE EDUCATION AND TO PREVENT AND RELIEVE POVERTY IN DIOCESE OF SHEFFIELD AND SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND/OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE UNITED KINGDOM AND/OR THE WORLD

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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