Finance Score: -10

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 3

Excess liquidity: -1
Pension deficit: -1
Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
Spending falling: -1
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 2

SHEFFIELD FUTURES

Sheffield Futures is committed to helping people who are most at risk and vulnerable to make a successful transition into learning and work. Focusing on young people, we offer mental health and wellbeing support, employability and targeted youth services to encourage the people of Sheffield to achieve their full potential.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appeared to be in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end
There is a pension deficit of £242,000
Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£1,826	£2,436	£-610	£186	£4,030	£3,952	19.5	48	3
31/03/22		£1,921	£2,423	£-502	£0	£4,109	£4,109	20.4	48	0
31/03/21	*	£3,407	£3,675	£-268	£0	£4,214	£4,214	13.8	76	0
31/03/20	*	£5,708	£5,780	£-72	£5,780	£-4,321	£5,225	10.8	125	32
31/03/19		£6,501	£7,577	£-1,076	£0	£-5,691	£-5,696	-9	125	60
31/03/18	*	£7,454	£8,044	£-591	£0	£-3,241	£-3,315	-4.9	138	0
31/03/17	*	£7,462	£7,380	£82	£0	£-5,009	£-5,162	-8.4	238	0
31/03/16	*	£7,755	£7,454	£301	£0	£-1,299	£-1,299	-2.1	138	0
31/03/15	*	£6,742	£6,123	£619	£13	£-3,065	£-3,248	-6.4	121	0
31/03/14	*	£6,398	£5,376	£1,022	£13	£-359	£-421	-0.9	124	0
31/03/13	*	£5,919	£5,317	£602	£15	£-5,591	£-5,591	-12.6	124	0
31/03/12	*	£6,354	£6,235	£119	£15	£-4,022	£-4,022	-7.7	132	0
31/03/11		£9,087	£7,656	£1,431	£15	£-2,558	£-2,558	-4	209	0
31/03/10	*	£10,207	£10,667	£-460	£16	£-6,296	£-6,296	-7.1	263	0
31/03/09		£10,289	£11,035	£-746	£15	£-2,354	£-2,354	-2.6	267	0
31/03/08		£10,656	£10,683	£-27	£0	£-2,961	£-2,961	-3.3	268	0
31/03/07		£11,288	£11,607	£-319	£0	£-2,674	£-2,674	-2.8	291	0
31/03/06	*	£11,634	£11,560	£74	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£12,018	£11,808	£209	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£12,330	£13,019	£-690	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 10.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 7.6%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 3%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 12%
Liabilities/Income: 32%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 98%
Reserves/Spending: 19.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 14 months
Quick Ratio: 4.7

Asset Split ?

Established: 29 years

www.sheffieldfutures.org.uk

enquiries@sheffieldfutures.org.uk

01142012800

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Technical, vocational and continuing education

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Sheffield City,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Defined Groups

Who works here?

48 employees
3 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years

BBC Children in Need	£58,639
National Lottery Community Fund	£9,622
Co-Operative Group	£2,187

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Youth Clubs in Page Hall
£9,622	11/11/2022	The funding will be used to run a weekly girl’s club and homework club for disengaged young people. The project aims to proivde them with the skills and confidence to make positive life choices and ....more The funding will be used to run a weekly girl’s club and homework club for disengaged young people. The project aims to proivde them with the skills and confidence to make positive life choices and build resilience.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Sheffield Futures
£2,187	22/10/2022	We would like professionals to deliver one-to-one support and group activities, so young people feel supported and able to talk about their mental health and wellbeing challenges.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Sheffield Futures
£58,639	09/09/2020 18	COVID19 - This project will deliver counselling to young people from Sheffield who are experiencing poor mental health as a result of Covid-19. Coping mechanisms will improve, and young people will ....more COVID19 - This project will deliver counselling to young people from Sheffield who are experiencing poor mental health as a result of Covid-19. Coping mechanisms will improve, and young people will feel better able to cope.
Department of Health - Sheffield Futures
£75,000	01/04/2017	Ensure proper provision of health and community-based places of safety for people suffering mental health crises ? saving police time and stopping vulnerable people being detained in police custody.
National Lottery Community Fund - Shef/1/2 Doing Good Business
£235,947	04/07/2016 35	This grant will be used for a project that aims to provide a service for adults furthest from the labour market and from areas of multiple disadvantages to develop the skills for self â€“ ....more This grant will be used for a project that aims to provide a service for adults furthest from the labour market and from areas of multiple disadvantages to develop the skills for self â€“ employment. Participants will include those aged over 25, people with disabilities and older people.
National Lottery Community Fund - Shef/1/2 Doing Good Business (DGB)
£44,384	06/11/2015 12	The grant will be used to develop plans for a project to provide a service for adults furthest from the labour market and from areas of multiple disadvantages to develop the skills for ....more The grant will be used to develop plans for a project to provide a service for adults furthest from the labour market and from areas of multiple disadvantages to develop the skills for self-employment as social entrepreneurs, including those aged over 25, people with disabilities, older people and women. The development funding will be used for programme development costs, consultation with specialist support organisations, partnership development and support to develop programme proposals.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Sheffield Futures
£131,409	10/09/2014	Towards the core costs of developing child sexual exploitation support services in Sheffield as part of the Child Sexual Exploitation Funders Alliance which aims to test out a national model to ....more Towards the core costs of developing child sexual exploitation support services in Sheffield as part of the Child Sexual Exploitation Funders Alliance which aims to test out a national model to improve the safeguarding of children.
National Lottery Community Fund - Hub and Spoke
£264,839	10/08/2014 36	Not Available
National Lottery Community Fund - Talent Match Vision & Prospectus
£9,998,497	01/02/2013 72	The partnership aims to improve links to current providers and negotiate commitments with local employers to include Talent Match young people on their programmes. It will deliver activities such as ....more The partnership aims to improve links to current providers and negotiate commitments with local employers to include Talent Match young people on their programmes. It will deliver activities such as a range of coaching and mentoring schemes to help young people, through networking and links to local business and engaging young people as Talent Match Inspectors to asssess existing systems of service providers with a view to making it easier to employ young people.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 9/10 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 18-64

ZAINA HYATT Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Employed

DENISE FOX Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Sheffield City Councillor

EVE WILLIS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Young Advisor

MARTIN PHILIP HARRISON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Executive Director Of Finance

MATILDA MABEL BEAN HILTON Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Young Advisor

NATHAN WOODHAMS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Regional Operations Director

CHRISTOPHER PAUL HUMPHRIES (Chair) Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Certified Chartered Accountant

ELIZABETH HOWARD Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Professional Officer Basw England

LUKE CLEWES Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Yound Advisor

SUSAN CATHERINE WOOD Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Hr Consultant

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 14/03/1995, number: 1044940
Registered at Companies House on 31/08/1994, number: 02963378

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)

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
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
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

20 returns made; AR21: 53 days late, AR20: 8 days late, AR18: 48 days late, AR17: 379 days late, AR16: 2 days late, AR15: 1 days late, AR14: 1 days late, AR13: 2 days late, AR12: 2 days late, AR10: 2 days late, AR06: 1 days late,

Main office

STAR HOUSE
43 DIVISION STREET
SHEFFIELD
S1 4GE

Objectives

(1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION THROUGH THE PROVISION OF CAREERS GUIDANCE AND ADVICE ON THE CHOICES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN EDUCATION TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT AVAILABLE TO ALL PERSONS UNDERGOING FULL TIME AND PART TIME EDUCATION WHETHER IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS, GRANT MAINTAINED SCHOOLS OR INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS AND IN FURTHER AND HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS (2) THE PROVISION OF CAREERS GUIDANCE AND ADVICE ON THE CHOICES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN EDUCATION TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES (3)THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF ALL PERSONS BY THE PROVISION OF PRIMARY SECONDARY AND FURTHER EDUCATION AND THE PROVISION OF TRAINING, ORGANISED LEISURE TIME, RECREATION AND SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING AND BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, GUIDANCE, INFORMATION, SUPPORT AND MENTORING (4) TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE AND IN PARTICULAR CHARITABLE PURPOSES DIRECTED TO THE BENEFIT OF PEOPLE SUFFERING THROUGH UNEMPLOYMENT, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED- IN PRACTICE THE CITY OF SHEFFIELD AND SURROUNDING AREAS

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