Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 9
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 23 ?

PACES SHEFFIELD 

For disabled children and adults: Conductive Education programme through- Approved independent special school: 4 to 18 years- Parent & Child groups- Adult services- Stroke (rehabilitation) Group- Family Support
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
Established: 20 years

PacesSheffield.org.uk

info@pacessheffield.org.uk

01145510400

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change
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
31/08/22£2,623£2,329£293£219£945£8434.36780
31/08/21£2,018£1,917£101£216£652£5463.45940
31/08/20?£2,354£2,221£133£171£551£4392.4510
31/03/19£1,363£1,354£9£63£801£7496.6460
31/03/18£1,321£1,216£104£0£792£7367.3460
31/03/17£1,077£1,084£-7£0£688£6106.8460
31/03/16£954£968£-14£54£695£6588.2380
31/03/15£916£859£57£27£730£6979.7240
31/03/14£902£774£128£10£673£6139.5240
31/03/13£717£667£49£11£545£5459.8220
31/03/12*£686£680£6£13£310£3105.5270
31/03/11£931£622£308£25£304£3025.8290
31/03/10£593£574£19£17£5£40.1300
31/03/09*£476£559£-83£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£530£487£44£29£68£200.5320
31/03/07£384£374£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06*£343£376£-33£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£352£401£-49£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 8.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 9.4%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 9%
Highest pay band: £100,000-£110,000
Liabilities/Assets: 71%
Liabilities/Income: 88%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 89%
Reserves/Spending: 4.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 1.7
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Barnsley, Derbyshire, Doncaster, Kirklees, North East Lincolnshire, North Yorkshire, Rotherham, Sheffield City,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 67 employees
  • 80 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£102,873
Masonic Trust£59,400
DCMS£45,819
National Lottery Community Fund£33,276
The Foyle Foundation£26,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Paces Sheffield
£82,367 06/10/2023
This grant will fund a programme of conductive education for children and young people with Cerebral Palsy or other motor disorders. The intended outcomes are improved communication, increased ....more
The Foyle Foundation - Learning (MGS)
£26,500 11/07/2022
towards the cost of specialist disability equipment and bathroom aids for the newly refurbished school building
National Lottery Community Fund - Paces Sheffield; meeting need for stroke support services arising from Covid-19
£9,736 01/07/2022
The funding will be used to deliver additional progression and rehabilitation sessions for people who have Parkinson's or who have had a stroke. Participants will regain skills including eating ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Paces Sheffield
£3,107 23/10/2021
Paces Sheffield seeks support to help subsidise session fees that elderly beneficiaries of our adult sessional programme pay, so we can enable individuals to regain confidence and independence.
National Lottery Community Fund - Paces Summer School 2021
£6,900 29/04/2021
The funding will be used to deliver a programme of physical activities during the summer for children with specific needs. The project aims to increase physical communication and social skills and ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Paces Sheffield
£2,676 24/10/2020
Paces will subsidise fees for beneficiaries of our adult sessional programme, enabling individuals to regain confidence and independence.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
£20,000 14/08/2020
Paces Sheffield – Supporting, Children, Adults & Families Living with Physical Disabilities Covid-19 - Paces essential response services and planning to emerge from Covid-19.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£45,819 05/08/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Paces Sheffield
£3,000 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will fund additional hours for one to one online delivery and additional hours for summer school activities for children with complex physical needs who are missing extra support ....more
Masonic Trust - MCF Large Grant
£59,400 02/06/2020
Grant to support children with cerebral palsy and other motor disorders in Sheffield.
National Lottery Community Fund - Paces COVID-19 Urgent Response for Families
£10,000 22/04/2020
12
The funding will be used to support severely disabled young people adults and their families during the COVID-19 lockdown. The aim is to provide both educational assistance as well as support and ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Paces Sheffield
£2,942 15/11/2019
We want to subsidise the fees for our Personal Development Centre, so that local people with motor disorders can use our services for less.
National Lottery Community Fund - Paces Summer School 2019
£6,640 23/05/2019
12
The funding will be used to deliver a programme of physical activities during the summer for children. The project aims to increase physical, communication and social skills and engage children and ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Paces Sheffield
£17,506 21/05/2019
36
Paces will run a summer school of fun physical activity based on Conductive Education techniques in Sheffield for young people with complex neurological motor disorders. Children will be more ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Paces Sheffield
£3,399 29/11/2017
We want to develop an inclusive play area; encouraging all children to play and have fun together.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Paces Sheffield
£80,629 17/10/2017
36
The 'Early Years and Children's Specialist Outreach' project will support children aged 6 months to 3 years with cerebral palsy to encourage them to become more independent, have better communication ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Paces Sheffield
£75,000 08/09/2016
36
towards three years' salary of a Field Worker to provide counselling, training and support to parents of children with cerebral palsy and other motor disorders from Sheffield and the surrounding areas
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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: 28-57
  • ALISON ROY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Senior Project Manager
  • DAVID ANTONY IDLE (Chair) Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Head Of Information Technology And Security
  • HARRY WITHERS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Equality, Diversity And Inclusion Communications I
  • THOMAS LANE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Senior Delivery Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 15/06/2004, number: 1104356
  • Registered at Companies House on 10/06/2003, number: 04793176
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
18 returns made; AR12: 1 days late, AR09: 3 days late, AR06: 1 days late, AR05: 60 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from DANIEL BARNETT ARTS FOUNDATION on 06/09/2022
Main office

Unit 4, Smithy Wood Business Park
Smithy Wood Drive
Sheffield
South Yorkshire
S35 1QN

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE CARE, WELFARE, INTEREST, TREATMENT AND EDUCATION OF PERSONS WITH MOTOR DYSFUNCTION IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROMOTION AND PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR CONDUCTIVE EDUCATION.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE SOUTH YORKSHIRE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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