Registered Charity Number: 1147334 Company number: 07980332
Sheffield Flourish
ANNUAL REPORT AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the year ended 31 March 2025
Sheffield Flourish
Contents
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| Legal and administrative information | 2 |
| Directors' annual report | 3 - 7 |
| Independent examiner's report | 8 |
| Statement of financial activities | 9 |
| Balance sheet | 10 |
| Notes to the accounts | 11 - 18 |
Sheffield Flourish
Legal and administrative information for the year ended 31 March 2025
Previously known as
Recovery Enterprises
Directors
Pam Stirling Nick Bax Adelaide Chibanda Peter Walker Brendan Stone Shirin Teifouri Ben Dorey Franz-von Shorter Katriona Kendall
Chair Resigned 31/12/2024 Co-Chair (Elected 16/12/2024) Co-Chair (Elected 16/12/2024 Treasurer
Appointed 19/08/2024
Key staff Managing Director Deputy Managing Director Finance Officer
Josie Soutar Robyn Fletcher Greer Furniss-Coates
Charity number
1147334
Company number 07980332
Registered office address
Upper Floor 4 Windrush Way Sheffield S3 8JU
Independent Examiner (and accountants)
Susan Cochrane, FCA, DChA Seven Hills Accountants Limited 57 Burton Street Sheffield S6 2HH
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Sheffield Flourish
Directors’ report (incorporating the Trustees’ annual report) for the year ended 31 March 2025
The trustees are pleased to present their annual directors’ report together with the financial statements of the charity for the year ending 31 March 2025 which are also prepared to meet the requirements for a directors’ report and accounts for Companies Act purposes.
The financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the Companies Act 2006, the Memorandum and Articles of Association, and the charities Statement of Recommended Practice (applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland; FRS 102) issued in October 2019.
Structure, governance and management
Sheffield Flourish was incorporated on 17th March 2012 and gained charitable status on 18 May 2012. Its Memorandum and Articles of Association govern it. Its legal status is that of a company limited by guarantee (Company number 07980332) and a registered charity (Charity number 1147334). The company changed its name from Recovery Enterprises on 11 October 2019.
It has no share capital and the liability of each member in the event of winding-up is limited to £1.
Overall management of the Charity is the responsibility of the Trustee Directors who are elected and co-opted under the terms of the memorandum and articles of association. Day to day project activity is carried out by paid staff and volunteers.
Before any person is accepted onto the Sheffield Flourish Board, they will meet with the Chair and/or Co-chair to discuss what is involved. The prospective trustee should be asked to outline what skills and abilities they would bring to their work on the Board. The Chair or Co-chair will obtain information on the prospective Trustee's skills/experience and one or two references regarding their character. The prospective Trustees may be asked to attend a Board meeting before they commit to joining. The Board will discuss each candidate in their absence before formally inviting them to join. New Trustees are co-opted at any time, but (as per Sheffield Flourish’s articles of association) must stand for re-election with the other trustees at the next annual general meeting. New Trustees, and those re-elected to the Board following an annual general meeting or extraordinary general meeting, sign a declaration form to confirm that they have not been disqualified from serving as Board members.
Objectives, activities and public benefit
Sheffield Flourish supports people living with or affected by mental ill health to use their skills, ideas and talents to build the lives they wish to lead, through creative, mental-health friendly activities, coproduction and digital tools. We run seven open-access, free community enterprises offering involvement in writing, horticulture, theatre, art, music and football. All our activities have been developed using coproduction, and participants are heavily involved in the design and delivery. On the digital side, we run four websites. The Sheffield Flourish hub enables peers to connect and publish stories of personal mental health experience, over 90% of the content is user generated. The Sheffield Mental Health Guide is an online directory featuring 300+ services that support mental health activities in the city. We oversee the Sheffield Suicide Support and Prevention resource, codesigned with people affected by suicide, and My Toolkit, a co-produced digital platform that helps people to plan and manage their mental health care online. We grew out of Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Trust (SHSC) back in 2012 and continue to act as a critical friend, working closely with them around user involvement and engagement, particularly on the mental health wards. We also support the wider health system to ensure user voices are included in service redesign and act as a main conduit for mental health information to the public.
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Sheffield Flourish
Directors’ report (incorporating the Trustees’ annual report) for the year ended 31 March 2025
Objectives, activities and public benefit (continued)
The objects of the charity are the relief of illness and distress and the promotion of health and social inclusion of adults with mental health conditions. All of our activities contribute to these objectives and one or more of the following outcomes:
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People will experience reduced social isolation and exclusion
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People will have improved emotional and mental wellbeing
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People will feel more supported and connected
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People will enhance their self-care
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People will enhance their skills and knowledge
In planning the objectives and activities the directors have considered the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit.
Activities and achievements
Supporting the mental health community
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575 people have been supported through our community group activity
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335 people were regular attendees (3 sessions or more)
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135 new members joined the community groups
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613 face-to-face sessions were delivered
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35 virtual sessions were delivered
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70 volunteers have given their free time to support our community
Digital Activity
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Sheffield Flourish Hub – had an annual audience of 23900 website users with the aim of supporting people to build connections through the sharing of stories and experiences.
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Sheffield Mental Health Guide – directory of all mental health activities and events in Sheffield. It had an annual audience of 93000 users who benefitted from signposting and information that better enabled people to self-manage their mental health conditions. This year saw the digital version converted into a paper directory with both an adult and children/young person section.
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Sheffield Suicide Support and Prevention Resource – provides information resources for suicide prevention and people who have been affected by suicide. It had 1836 new visitors during the year. We worked with Public Health to launch a citywide suicide safety plan that individuals can download and complete to support them when they are experiencing suicidal thoughts.
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My Toolkit – provides space for individuals to set their own mental health care plan. During the year it had 1672 registered users.
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Social media – we continued to provide information and engage with the community through twitter, Instagram and Facebook. This year we reached 38747 people through social channels, particularly TikTok.
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30 people received digital inclusion training sessions on the inpatient wards, 12 received digital devices were handed out and 21 sim cards with data.
“I use it [the SMHG] all the time with my clients … it's fantastic for coming across services you've never heard of."
"I would say that it [the SMHG] is a genuinely helpful resource, one that is quite necessary with the large amount of people who need help with their mental health…it is a brilliant resource."
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Sheffield Flourish
Directors’ report (incorporating the Trustees’ annual report) for the year ended 31 March 2025
Activities and achievements (continued)
Community Enterprise Activity
- Brunsmeer Awareness FC – includes mental health friendly football training sessions for both men and women, and a football league run in partnership with Sheffield and Hallam FA. We had 78 attendees over the year.
“I have been playing on Wednesday nights for a few years now and while things have been tough for me, having that space to go to and having such lovely ladies to play footie with is a way keeps me going.”
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CAST – includes a weekly painting and drawing session; weekly creative writing session, a monthly artist gathering and an exhibition showcasing work. Group sessions had an annual attendance of 125 people. The exhibition was under the theme Better Connected and received over 30 submissions.
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“Some times have been harder than others due to personality/ mental health clashes, but 99% of the time, I have really enjoyed myself. I always say that Sheffield Flourish Art group has saved my life and my relationship. Life is enjoyable now.”
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Connected Worlds – provides storytelling and art-based courses to connect people and provide a creative space for them to tell their stories of everyday life. 15 people took part in a course focused on spirituality and mental health.
“What a privilege it has been to be part of it. Incredible luxury… It has helped me process the stuff I’ve been growing through in terms of healing and general dealing with life. I’ve been so busy and hit burnout but our meetings gave me so much strength and nourishment.”
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Learning Space – provides educational sessions and learning opportunities using the values and tools of coproduction and codesign. A key focus is getting lived experience voices into the policies and activities of the mental health system. 181 people took part in sessions including codesign groups on storytelling using virtual reality, developing the Safe2Share inpatient feedback tool and financial inclusion workshops.
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“Co-production- wonderful group- supportive and educational.”
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Oasis – includes a weekly gardening for wellbeing session and a contract gardening service. 124 people attended the Oasis gardening wellbeing session. We made the sad decision to cease operating the contract gardening service as the model was not working in terms of resources spent versus the benefits delivered for the charity.
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"Coming gardening is like a holiday...or a day out."
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Open Door Music – includes a weekly jamming session, music production group, improvisation group (aimed at beginners) and fortnightly singing group. We had an annual attendance of 122 participants.
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“My experience to start off with has been nervous, though after a few weeks, I have felt more comfortable and more positive in coming to the groups.”
Supporting the Health System
Working with partners, community organisations and under-represented groups, we were able to open conversations on the gaps, challenges and barriers of inclusive mental health support. This included:
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We were awarded a SHSC Shine Award in recognition of being a key partner in user voices in mental health care.
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Continuing to support the delivery and evaluation of the Patience and Carer Race Equity Framework (PCREF) alongside SHSC, SACMHA and the University of Sheffield.
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Supporting with coproduction in research in areas such as digital inclusion, storytelling and community recovery.
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Working with Public Health on developing peri-natal resources and suicide safety plans.
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Working with the ICB to run a campaign about keeping well in winter
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We have continued to work closely with VCS partners across the city, particularly in solidarity following the race riots that were witnessed across the country.
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Sheffield Flourish
Directors’ report (incorporating the Trustees’ annual report) for the year ended 31 March 2025
Annual Community Survey
We conducted our annual community survey looking at our impact but with a particular focus on the use of digital and the development of a digital mental health passport. 76 people completed the survey.
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70% have a mental health diagnosis
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84% feel their mental health has improved because of their involvement with Flourish.
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80% feel more connected to a community or that their social network had grown as a result of Flourish
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67% feel they have developed new skills or knowledge through Flourish
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86% feel more confident about making informed decisions about their mental health through their involvement with Flourish.
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The most popular activity according to our attendance figures is CAST art group with 34% of overall attendance.
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CAST was also the group that SHSC staff mostly referred into, alongside Open Door Music and Brunsmeer Awareness.
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The Sheffield Flourish website and Facebook page was the most popular digital space for community members to find information about Flourish.
Future plans for 2025-2026:
Carer Peer Support Worker
Through funding from the Synergy Alliance we will be hosting a new role: Carer Peer Support Worker. The role will be working with individuals who are carers for people who are receiving crisis and urgent mental health services or who have been admitted onto the inpatient wards. The is a brand-new post, providing an opportunity for someone to utilise their lived experience as a carer to influence and codesign a new way of supporting carers in collaboration with colleagues from both the NHS and voluntary sector.
Mental Health Passports
Through our coproduction work, we heard very strongly from people with lived experience of mental health, that they found it frustrating to continuously have to retell their mental health history to professionals. We will be working with partners from the NHS, VCS and a lived experience advisory group to codesign a solution to this frustration through a mental health passport tool.
Volunteering Processes
We will be aligning and coordinating volunteer processes between Sheffield Flourish and SHSC. This will include the new volunteering role developments, recruitment and induction processes, training and supervision.
Reserves policy
Free reserves at 31 March 2025 were £97,071 (2024: £101,616)
The directors have set a reserves target of £93,580 for closure costs of 3 months to ensure the sustainability of our partnership organisations and the proper and orderly closure of the organisation including staff redundancy provision.
Excess reserves will be used for the completion of existing projects and supporting the core service of Sheffield Flourish in 2025-26.
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Sheffield Flourish
Directors’ report (incorporating the Trustees’ annual report) for the year ended 31 March 2025
Trustees’ responsibilities in relation to the financial statements
The charity trustees (who are also the directors of the charity for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing a Trustees’ annual report and financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice). The report and accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions in the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
Company law requires the charity trustees to prepare financial statements for each year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and the group and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable group for that period. In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are required to:
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Select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
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Observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP;
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Make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
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State whether applicable UK accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and
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Prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in business.
The trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and the group and hence taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
The trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the charity and financial information included on the charity’s website in accordance with legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements.
Small company provisions
This report has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions for small companies under Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006.
The directors declare that they have approved the directors' annual report above on and signed on behalf of the directors:
P Walker Director
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Independent Examiner’s report to the trustees of Sheffield Flourish (“the Company”)
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 March 2025.
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the charity’s trustees of the Company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 (‘the 2006 Act’).
Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the Company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity’s accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the 2011 Act’). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5) (b) of the 2011 Act.
Independent examiner’s statement
Since the Company’s gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a body listed in section 145 of the 2011 Act. I confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, which is one of the listed bodies.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe:
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accounting records were not kept in respect of the Company as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or
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the accounts do not accord with those records; or
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the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or
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the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102).
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Signed:
Susan Cochrane, FCA, DChA Seven Hills Accountants Limited 57 Burton Street Sheffield S6 2HH
Date:
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Sheffield Flourish
Statement of Financial Activities (incorporating the income and expenditure account) for the year ended 31 March 2025
| Notes Income from: Donations and grants 2 Charitable activities 3 Other Total income Expenditure on: Fundraising and promotion Charitable activities 4 Total expenditure Net income/(expenditure) Transfers between funds 11&12 Net movement in funds Total funds brought forward Total funds carried forward |
Unrestricted funds £ 23,426 240,551 3,149 267,126 1,075 282,943 284,018 (16,892) (2,505) (19,397) 147,241 127,844 |
Restricted funds £ 6,433 52,383 - 58,816 - 49,722 49,722 9,094 2,505 11,599 41,336 52,935 |
Total 2025 £ 29,859 292,934 3,149 325,942 1,075 332,665 333,740 (7,798) - (7,798) 188,577 180,779 |
Total 2024 £ 46,969 333,673 6,397 387,039 1,511 372,913 374,424 12,615 - 12,615 175,962 188,577 |
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Sheffield Flourish
Balance sheet
As at 31 March 2025
| Notes Fixed Assets Tangible Assets 8 Current assets Debtors 9 Cash at bank and in hand Total current assets Creditors: amounts falling due within one year 10 Net current assets Total assets less current liabilities Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year Total net assets Funds of the charity General funds Designated funds 12 Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds 12 Total funds 13 |
2025 £ 1,999 85,699 101,300 186,999 (8,219) 178,780 180,779 - 180,779 99,070 28,774 127,844 52,935 180,779 |
2024 £ 3,369 38,612 159,792 198,404 (13,196) 185,208 188,577 - 188,577 104,985 42,256 147,241 41,336 188,577 |
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For the year ending 31 March 2025 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.
The director's acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and for the preparation of accounts.
These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to small companies' regime.
Approved by the directors on and signed on behalf of the directors by:
P Walker Director
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Sheffield Flourish
Notes to the Accounts
for the year ended 31 March 2025
1 Accounting Policies
(a) General
Sheffield Flourish is a charitable company in the United Kingdom limited by guarantee and has no share capital. In the event that the charity is wound up, the liability in respect of the guarantee is limited to £1 per member of the charity. The address of the registered office is given in the charity information on page 1 of these financial statements.
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (second edition), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS102) and with the Charities Act 2011. The financial statements have taken advantage of the exemption to prepare a Statement of Cash Flows.
Sheffield Flourish meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. The financial statements are prepared under the historical cost convention. The financial statements are presented in sterling which is the functional currency of the charity and are rounded to the nearest £.
(b) Income
Income is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the item(s) of income have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.
Income from government and other grants, whether ‘capital’ grants or ‘revenue’ grants, is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the grants have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably and is not deferred.
Income from services provided is included in the year in which the service took place.
Bank interest is recognised as income when it is credited to the bank statement. All bank interest is treated as unrestricted income to the General Fund.
(c) Expenditure and liabilities
Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to make a payment to a third party, it is probable that settlement will be required and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably.
Irrecoverable VAT is charged as a cost against the activity for which the expenditure was incurred.
(d) Donated goods and services
Donated professional services and donated facilities are recognised as income when the charity has control over the item, any conditions associated with the donated item have been met, the receipt of economic benefit from the use by the charity of the item is probable and that economic benefit can be measured reliably.
On receipt, donated professional services and donated facilities are recognised on the basis of the value of the gift to the charity which is the amount the charity would have been willing to pay to obtain services or facilities of equivalent economic benefit on the open market; a corresponding amount is then recognised in expenditure in the period of receipt.
(e) Tangible fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets are stated at cost less depreciation. Depreciation is provided on all tangible assets at the following annual rates calculated to write off the cost less estimated residual value, on a straight line basis over their useful economic lives:
Vehicles 5 years
All items of capital expenditure below £500 are written off as incurred.
(e) Debtors
Trade debtors are amounts due from customers for services performed in the ordinary course of business.
Trade debtors are recognised initially at the transaction price. They are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less provision for impairment. A provision for the impairment of trade debtors is established when there is objective evidence that the company will not be able to collect all amounts due according to the original terms of receivables.
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Notes to the Accounts - continued for the year ended 31 March 2025
1 Accounting Policies - continued
(f) Creditors
Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Accounts payable are classified as current liabilities if the company does not have an unconditional right, at the end of the reporting period, to defer settlement of the creditor for at least twelve months after the reporting date. If there is an unconditional right to defer settlement for at least twelve months after the reporting date, they are presented as non-current liabilities.
(g) Financial instruments
The charity only has financial assets and financial liabilities of a kind that qualify as basic financial instruments. Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at transaction value and subsequently measured at their settlement value.
(h) Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand and call deposits, and other short-term highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to a known amount of cash and are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value.
(i) Defined contribution pension scheme
The charity contributes to a defined contribution pension scheme for the benefit of the employees. The pension costs charged against net incoming resources are the contributions payable to the scheme in respect of the accounting period in accordance with FRS102.
(j) Leases
Rental payable and receivable under operation leases are charged to the SOFA on a straight line basis over the period of the lease.
(k) Taxation
As a charity, the organisation is exempt from tax on income and gains falling within the available tax exemptions to the extent that these are applied to its charitable objects. No tax charges have arisen in the charity.
(l) Funds
Unrestricted funds are donations and other income receivable or generated for the objects of the organisation without further specified purpose and are available as general funds.
Restricted funds are to be used for specific purposes as laid down by the funder.
Designated funds are funds set aside at the discretion of the trustees for a specific project.
(m)Going concern
The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis as the trustees believe that the charity will continue to operate for 12 months from authorising these financial statements. Not all funding streams are secure this far in advance however the trustees will develop a plan of action to be taken to reduce costs, should the required income not be secured.
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Sheffield Flourish
Notes to the Accounts - continued for the year ended 31 March 2025
2 Income from donations and grants
| Donations Social Investment Business Terminus Initiative First Give Healthwatch Sheffield South Yorkshire Community Foundation Sheffield & Hallamshire County FA |
Unrestricted funds £ 21,426 - - - - - 2,000 23,426 |
Restricted funds £ - - - - - 6,433 - 6,433 |
Total 2025 £ 21,426 - - - - 6,433 2,000 29,859 |
Unrestricted funds £ 27,713 - - - - - 1,000 28,713 |
Restricted funds £ 1,005 15,256 500 1,000 495 - - 18,256 |
Total 2024 £ 28,718 15,256 500 1,000 495 - 1,000 46,969 |
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| 3 Income from charitable activities Contracts and projects Sheffield City Council Sheffield Health and Social Care Trust University of Sheffield South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board Innovate UK Other services |
Unrestricted funds £ 97,336 126,000 5,096 - 822 11,297 240,551 |
Restricted funds £ 2,499 30,154 - 19,730 - - 52,383 |
Total 2025 £ 99,835 156,154 5,096 19,730 822 11,297 292,934 |
Unrestricted funds £ 107,599 169,650 5,096 3,300 - 830 286,475 |
Restricted funds £ - - - 14,000 - 33,198 47,198 |
Total 2024 £ 107,599 169,650 5,096 17,300 - 34,028 333,673 |
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- 4 Expenditure on charitable activities
| Note Activities and events Staff costs 5 Website development Office, IT and equipment Vehicle costs (including depreciation) Bad debts Independent examination fee 6 Staff Costs Salaries Employer's national insurance Employer's allowance Employer pension contributions Staff expenses and other costs including payroll provision |
Unrestricted funds £ 30,960 205,062 1,998 38,593 3,770 865 1,695 282,943 |
Restricted funds £ 8,536 28,137 7,940 5,016 93 - - 49,722 |
Total 2025 £ 39,496 233,199 9,938 43,609 3,863 865 1,695 332,665 |
Unrestricted funds £ 53,773 194,516 22,618 44,638 1,686 - 1,860 319,091 |
Restricted funds £ 21,915 24,915 - 2,137 3,965 890 - 53,822 2025 £ 207,973 15,989 (5,000) 11,143 230,105 3,094 233,199 |
Total 2024 £ 75,688 219,431 22,618 46,775 5,651 890 1,860 372,913 2024 £ 198,008 14,633 (5,000) 9,385 217,026 2,405 219,431 |
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5 Staff Costs
No employee received emoluments of more than £60,000. The average number of employees during the period was 12 (2024: 11).
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Notes to the Accounts - continued
for the year ended 31 March 2025
6 Fees paid to the independent examiner's organisation
| Independent examination fee Other fees were payable to the independent examiner's organisation were: Licences |
2025 £ 1,695 324 |
2024 £ 1,860 270 |
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7 Trustees and key management remuneration, benefits and expenses
The charity trustees were not paid or received any other benefits from employment with the Charity in the year (2024: £nil) neither were they reimbursed expenses during the year (2024: £nil). No charity trustee received payment for professional or other services supplied to the charity (2024: £nil).
The key management personnel of the charity, comprise the trustees, the managing director and the deputy managing director. The total employee benefits of the key management personnel of the charity were £61,278 (2024: £68,613).
8 Tangible fixed assets
| Cost As at 1 April 2024 Additions Disposals As at 31 March 2025 Depreciation As at 1 April 2024 Charge this period Disposals As at 31 March 2025 Net book value As at 31 March 2025 As at 31 March 2024 All fixed assets are considered to be for direct charitable purposes. Debtors Trade debtors Prepayments Other debtors Creditors: amounts falling due within one year Trade creditors Accruals Taxes & social security Other creditors |
Motor Vehicles £ 8,235 - (3,240) 4,995 4,866 999 (2,869) 2,996 1,999 3,369 2025 £ 72,804 6,835 6,060 85,699 2025 £ 4,802 1,846 - 1,571 8,219 |
Total £ 8,235 - (3,240) 4,995 4,866 999 (2,869) 2,996 1,999 3,369 2024 £ 27,631 7,792 3,189 38,612 2024 £ 7,428 3,397 1,214 1,157 13,196 |
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9 Debtors
10 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
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Notes to the Accounts - continued for the year ended 31 March 2025
11 Designated funds
| Brunsmeer Awareness FC CAST Connected Worlds MH Guide Open Door Music Group Race Equity Cancer Alliance Project |
Balance at 01-Apr-24 £ 2,442 482 178 10,684 405 25,983 2,082 42,256 |
Income £ 3,280 224 1,975 97,336 - - - 102,815 |
Expenditure £ (2,195) (357) (443) (100,023) (618) (4,736) (2,082) (110,454) |
Transfers £ (343) - - - 2,000 (7,500) - (5,843) |
Balance at 31-Mar-25 £ 3,184 349 1,710 7,997 1,787 13,747 - 28,774 |
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The above funds have been designated at the discretion of the trustees in order to ensure that the requirements of the funder and the objectives of the project are met in full.
Brunsmeer Awareness FC
Funding designated to support Brunsmeer Awareness Football Club and Sheffield and Hallamshire County FA Flourish league.
CAST
Funding designated to support the work of CAST a crea�ve arts enterprise.
Connected Worlds
Funding designated to support creative courses using story telling, poetry, creative writing and art.
MH Guide
Funding designated to support the development of a guide for local services, activities and support around mental health.
Open Door Music Group
Grants given to support the Open Door Music Project.
Race Equity
This funding is for work conducted in partnership with Sheffield Health and Social Care Trust, focused on delivering outcomes under the Patient and Carer Race Equity Framework (PCREF).
Cancer Alliance Project
This project is in partnership with SHSC and SACMHA and aims to understand and improve access to cancer screenings for people with mental health needs.
| Prior year Brunsmeer Awareness FC CAST Connected Worlds MH Guide Open Door Music Group Race Equity Cancer Alliance Project |
Balance at 01-Apr-23 £ 875 607 65 5,539 525 70,388 - 77,999 |
Income £ 2,441 55 115 107,599 - 35,250 22,400 167,860 |
Expenditure £ (874) (180) (2) (102,454) (120) (79,655) (20,318) (203,603) |
Transfers £ - - - - - - - - |
Balance at 31-Mar-24 £ 2,442 482 178 10,684 405 25,983 2,082 42,256 |
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Notes to the Accounts - continued for the year ended 31 March 2025
12 Restricted funds
| Brunsmeer Project Proud To Pitch In Round 8, via Action Funder Connected Worlds Project NHS ICB Harry Bottom Charitable Trust Sheffield Towns Trust This is Me Project May Hearnshaw Charitable Trust Flippen Mental Theatre Project The Talbot Trusts The Cutlers Company Charitable Trust NLCF - Drama for the Mind 2 Hub Core Project SCC device Loan Scheme Other Suicide Support & Prevention Sheffield Suicide Support SY ICB Sheffield Suicide Support NHS ICB Oasis Oasis Garden Wellbeing Project Enterprise Development Programme Oasis Project Open Door Music Open Door Music Project Wellbeing campaigns ICB Keeping well in winter campaign Men's Mental Wellbeing Campaign |
Balance at 01-Apr-24 £ 142 5,000 - 792 1,010 1,282 750 - 4,879 1,495 2,095 9,000 286 - 4,995 9,445 165 - - 41,336 |
Income £ - - 30,154 - - - - 14,730 - - - - - 6,433 - - - 5,000 2,499 58,816 |
Expenditure £ (142) (500) (10,515) (792) (553) (100) - (11,868) (2,415) (26) (797) (850) (286) (6,433) - (9,445) - (5,000) - (49,722) |
Transfers £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (4,995) - - 7,500 - 2,505 |
Balance at 31-Mar-25 £ - 4,500 19,639 - 457 1,182 750 2,862 2,464 1,469 1,298 8,150 - - - - 165 7,500 2,499 52,935 |
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Brunsmeer Project
Grant funding received to assist in setting up and running new football teams including a women's team.
Connected Worlds Project
Connected worlds is a course of creative workshops through which participants discover and develop their talents in art and writing.
This is Me Project
We run a yearly art exhibition to showcase art from people who have lived experience of mental health, or who work in health care settings.
Flippen Mental Theatre Project
Funding recived to support the work done by the Flippen Mental Theatre community enterprise.
Hub Core Project
Funding was received to enable the organisation to contribute and add value to the delivery of Sheffield Health and Social Care Trust’s service user engagement strategy.
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Sheffield Flourish
Notes to the Accounts - continued for the year ended 31 March 2025
12 Restricted funds - continued
Suicide Support & Prevention
Funding received to develop a suicide prevention signposting website.
Oasis
Funding provided to support the Oasis wellbeing gardening project and also funding by the Enterprise Development Programme to support the organisation to become more enterprising. The transfer represents the purchase of a van, as the use of the van is not restricted beyond the general charitable aims, a transfer has been made to unrestricted funds.
Open Door Music
Grant given by The Talbot Trusts and the Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust to support the Open Door Music Project.
Wellbeing campaigns
Funding to support people through winter to stay warm, connected and well and also to develop a men's mental wellbeing campaign.
| Prior year comparison Brunsmeer Project Proud To Pitch In Round 8, via Action Funder Connected Worlds Project NHS ICB Harry Bottom Charitable Trust Sheffield Towns Trust This is Me Project JG Graves Charitable Trust May Hearnshaw Charitable Trust Flippen Mental Theatre Project The Talbot Trusts The Cutlers Company Charitable Trust NLCF - Drama for the Mind 2 Hub Core Project SCC device Loan Scheme Other Suicide Support & Prevention Sheffield Suicide Support SY ICB Sheffield Suicide Support NHS ICB Oasis Oasis Garden Wellbeing Project Enterprise Development Programme Oasis Project Open Door Music Open Door Music Project Austin Pike Grant The Talbot Trusts |
Balance b/fwd £ 2,786 - 867 1,800 897 2,000 2,500 750 520 4,934 - 2,892 - 1,436 - 4,995 - 165 139 39 26,720 |
Income £ - 5,000 - - - - - - - - 1,495 - 9,000 - 34,703 - 15,256 - - - 65,454 |
Expenditure £ (2,644) - (867) (1,008) (897) (990) (1,218) - (520) (55) - (797) - (1,150) (37,726) - (5,811) - (139) (39) (53,861) |
Transfers £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3,023 - - - - - 3,023 |
Balance c/fwd £ 142 - 5,000 792 - - 1,010 1,282 750 - 4,879 1,495 - 2,095 9,000 286 - - 4,995 9,445 165 - 41,336 |
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Sheffield Flourish
Notes to the Accounts - continued for the year ended 31 March 2025
13 Net assets by fund
| Tangible fixed assets Net current assets |
Unrestricted funds £ 1,999 97,071 99,070 |
Desigated funds £ - 28,774 28,774 |
Restricted funds £ - 52,935 52,935 |
Total 2025 £ 1,999 178,780 180,779 |
Unrestricted funds £ 3,369 101,616 104,985 |
Desigated funds £ - 42,256 42,256 |
Restricted funds £ - 41,336 41,336 |
Total 2024 3,369 185,208 188,577 |
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14 Related party transactions
During the year B Stone, a trustee,was a non-executive director of Sheffield Health and Social Care Trust (SHSC). The charity received funding of £156,154 in the year. B Stone has no voting rights with SHSC was not party to the decision to provide this money.
There were no further related party transactions during the year.
15 Operating lease commitments
As at 31 March 2025 the charity was committed to making the following minimum payments under operating leases as follows:
| Payable within 1 year Payable between 1-5 years |
2025 £ 13,800 5,750 19,550 |
2024 £ 13,800 19,550 33,350 |
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16 Statement of Financial Activities - prior year comparison
| Income from: Donations and grants Charitable activities Other income Total income Expenditure on: Fundraising and promotion Charitable activities Total expenditure Net income/(expenditure) Transfers between funds Net movement in funds Total funds brought forward Total funds carried forward |
General funds £ 22,022 139,140 3,149 164,311 1,075 172,489 173,564 (9,253) 3,338 (5,915) 104,985 99,070 |
Designated funds £ 1,404 101,411 - 102,815 - 110,454 110,454 (7,639) (5,843) (13,482) 42,256 28,774 |
Restricted funds £ 6,433 52,383 - 58,816 - 49,722 49,722 9,094 2,505 11,599 41,336 52,935 |
Total 2025 £ 29,859 292,934 3,149 325,942 1,075 332,665 333,740 (7,798) - (7,798) 188,577 180,779 |
General funds £ 28,049 120,109 5,567 153,725 1,008 115,952 116,960 36,765 (3,023) 33,742 71,243 104,985 |
Designated funds £ 664 166,366 830 167,860 464 203,139 203,603 (35,743) - (35,743) 77,999 42,256 |
Restricted funds £ 18,256 47,198 - 65,454 39 53,822 53,861 11,593 3,023 14,616 26,720 41,336 |
Total 2024 £ 46,969 333,673 6,397 387,039 1,511 372,913 374,424 12,615 - 12,615 175,962 188,577 |
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