SHEFFIELD CONVERSATION CLUB

Charity number: 1142481
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

To help refugees and asylum seekers practice English in a friendly, supportive environment and to promote their social inclusion in Sheffield and its environs by; helping people to develop their English through conversation and informal English classes and by social and recreational facilities and events.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 30 April 2024

Total income: £11,870
Total expenditure: £5,969

People

8 Trustee(s)

20 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
Who the charity helps:
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Other Charitable Activities
Where the charity operates:
  • Sheffield City

Governance

Registration history:
  • 20 June 2011: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • 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
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

8 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
BRIAN VINCENT GEORGE HELSDON Chair 12 February 2019
None on record
Ahmed El Malla Trustee 26 July 2022
None on record
Lee Moran Trustee 27 November 2020
None on record
James Anthony Dimond Trustee 12 February 2019
None on record
VICTOR MUJAKACHI Trustee 03 October 2017
FOOTBALL UNITES RACISM DIVIDES EDUCATIONAL TRUST
Received: On time
THE SUNDAY CENTRE
Received: On time
SOUTH YORKSHIRE REFUGEE LAW AND JUSTICE
Received: On time
SIBE BY SIDE DRAMA GROUP
Received: 21 days late
Christine Barltrop Trustee 07 March 2017
None on record
Helen Roberts Trustee 05 March 2014
None on record
RICHARD THOMAS CHESSUM BA Trustee 20 June 2011
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 30/04/2020 30/04/2021 30/04/2022 30/04/2023 30/04/2024
Total gross income £3.00k £818 £0 £4.70k £11.87k
Total expenditure £4.07k £312 £1.02k £2.92k £5.97k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 30 April 2024 21 February 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 April 2024 Not Required
Annual return 30 April 2023 28 February 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 April 2023 Not Required
Annual return 30 April 2022 26 December 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 April 2022 Not Required
Annual return 30 April 2021 12 December 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 April 2021 Not Required
Annual return 30 April 2020 19 February 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 April 2020 Not Required
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 26/11/2010 AS AMENDED ON 27/05/2011 AS AMENDED ON 28/11/2014 as amended on 19 Mar 2024

Charitable objects

1)The promotion of social inclusion for the public benefit among people who are refugees and people seeking asylum in Sheffield and its environs who are socially excluded on the grounds of their social and economic position by a) providing practice and classes in the English language b) providing social and recreational facilities and events involving the local community c) raising public awareness of the issues affecting people seeking asylum and refugees, both generally and in relation to their social exclusion 2) such other charitable purposes for the public benefit as are exclusively charitable according to the laws of England and Wales as the trustees may from time to time determine.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

LOCAL

Contact information

Address:
1 Jessop Fold
Honley
HOLMFIRTH
HD9 6AJ
Phone:
07890992346
Email:
info@conversationclub.org.uk
Website:

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