Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 5
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

ST MARY'S (BRAMALL LANE) COMMUNITY CENTRE 

Provides services to disadvantaged people in the Sharrow and surrounding areas of Sheffield. Particular focus on working with people from ethnic minorities, children and young people and the elderly. Creating community resilience by running a Time Bank and Community Cafe.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income was lower than spending in the latest year
Established: 22 years

www.stmarys-church.co.uk

admin@stmarys-church.co.uk

01142230223

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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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£356£438£-82n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/22£373£344£29n/an/an/an/an/a60
31/03/21£630£420£210£0£309£2998.51260
31/03/20£381£341£39n/an/an/an/an/a55
31/03/19£337£336£2n/an/an/an/an/a47
31/03/18£336£318£17£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£286£279£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£253£251£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£265£249£16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£196£206£-10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£191£188£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£236£199£37£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£269£265£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£253£242£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£197£195£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£222£195£27£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£370£397£-27£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£334£334£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£288£301£-13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£167£164£4£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
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
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Tudor Trust - Grant to St Mary's (Bramall Lane) Community Centre
£2,000 05/01/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
Tudor Trust - Grant to St Mary's (Bramall Lane) Community Centre (COVID19 Grant)
£2,000 06/04/2020
as emergency funding to support food provision for vulnerable individuals and families in Sheffield during the Coronavirus crisis
Tudor Trust - Grant to St Mary's (Bramall Lane) Community Centre
£150,000 20/03/2020
36
over three years as continuation core funding to support Timebuilders' work in Sheffield and beyond, using time credits to bring people together to build positive relationships and do something ....more
Lankelly Chase Foundation - Core funding
£83,000 17/09/2018
12
To core fund St Mary’s Church and Community Centre in Sheffield for a further year to allow them to complete the learning journey on which they have been on over the last 6 years.
National Lottery Community Fund - TimeBuilders and Social Prescribing project
£290,901 23/03/2018
36
The group will combine a volunteer time-bank initiative with providing support for people who have mental or physical illness or who are socially isolated. This will enable the community to work ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to St Marys Community Centre
£75,000 08/06/2017
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the running costs of the 'Timebuilders' project, creating volunteering and social hubs for isolated members of BAME communities in Sheffield
Tudor Trust - Grant to St Mary's Church and Community Centre
£120,000 23/05/2017
36
over three years towards the core costs of the TimeBuilders project, which uses an asset-based approach to enable disadvantaged people build social networks in Sheffield
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to St Mary's (Bramall Lane) Community Centre
£20,000 28/04/2017
Building refurbishment for a charity which works with disadvantaged minority communities in Sheffield
Lankelly Chase Foundation - Grant to St Mary's (Bramall Lane) Community Centre
£247,825 16/05/2016
36
To build and expand St Mary’s existing community-run projects; examine the optimal organisational foundations which can provide ‘just enough’ structure to projects set up and run by community ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to St Mary's (Bramall Lane) Community Centre
£60,000 04/04/2016
24
Towards project costs to consolidate and replicate the TimeBuilder project, combining food hubs and time-banking, in locations across Sheffield.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to St Mary's (Bramall Lane) Community Centre
£25,000 07/07/2014
Towards a project to consolidate and replicate the TimeBuilder project, bringing together the Food Hub and time-banking models.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to St Mary's Community Centre
£60,000 13/06/2013
36
towards three years' continuation funding of a volunteer-led college that provides ESOL courses and training to BAME communities in Sheffield
National Lottery Community Fund - St Mary's TimeBuilders
£325,780 17/04/2013
60
This is a new project developed from small pilot projects to provide a time bank service called TimeBuilders in Sheffield. It aims to create a time bank that will unlock the resources in the ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to St Marys Community Centre
£25,000 29/03/2012
the salary of the Centre Manager
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 46-77
  • JOHN RICK Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Business Management
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 16/10/2002, number: 1094204
  • Registered at Companies House on 06/11/2001, number: 04317500
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

ST. MARYS COMMUNITY CENTRE
BRAMALL LANE
SHEFFIELD
S2 4QZ

Objectives

3.1 TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE CITY OF SHEFFIELD, AND IN PARTICULAR THOSE INHABITANTS LIVING IN THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISHES IN THE CITY AND DIOCESE OF SHEFFIELD (THE AREA OF BENEFIT) BY BRINGING TOGETHER THE STATUTORY, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS AND INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO:3.1.1 RELIEVE POVERTY3.1.2 ADVANCE EDUCATION (INCLUDING RELIGIOUS, MORAL AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION)3.1.3 PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND FOR LEISURE AND SPARE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTS OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS3.2 TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE A CENTRE (THE CENTRE) FOR THE ACTIVITIES OF THE CHARITY REQUIRED TO ACHIEVE THE OBJECTS AND IN PARTICULAR THOSE ACTIVITIES WHICH CONFORM CLOSEST TO THE OBJECTS AS SPECIFIED IN THE INSTRUMENTS OF DELEGATION DATED 19TH OCTOBER 1956 AND 1ST JULY 1982 (THE ORIGINAL GOVERNING DOCUMENTS)3.3 TO COLLECT, MAINTAIN AND ADMINISTER FUNDS FOR ALL OR ANY OF THE ABOVE PURPOSES

Defined Area of Benefit:

CITY OF SHEFFIELD

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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