Sharrow Community Forum

Registered charity 1081829 · since 2000sharrowcf.org.uk·Sheffield·Updated 30 October 2026

At a glance

£250k

Annual giving, year to 31 March 2025

From filed accounts

£1,050 to £20,500

Grant range

From the annual report's grant list

From the named grants only. A further £11,044 went in grants the report doesn't itemise.

£6,246

Typical grant (median)

26 published grants

Key takeaways

The Forum's stated priority is the Sharrow area of the City of Sheffield, and its work centres on regeneration and partnership working there, so a request should show a clear link to that.
Most of its reported grants to organisations fall between £1,050 and £20,500, with a median of about £5,900, so a modest request in that range is the most realistic size, although the largest grant reported was £50,000.
No application process is published, so the sensible first step is to use the contact shown in the annual report or on its website to ask how to proceed before writing a full application.
The material does not say how competitive its giving is or whether it is relationship-led, so treat that first contact as a chance to find out.

Overview

Sharrow Community Forum is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1081829).

Sharrow Community Forum is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1081829). Its principal activity is facilitating the social, economic and environmental regeneration of the Sharrow area of the City of Sheffield, by encouraging and supporting partnership working across community, voluntary, statutory and business sectors. It supports several small local charities through support grants funded by Sheffield City Council, which it manages on the Council's behalf. Its work is organised around five strands: community facilities, adult support, youth work, children and family support, and partnerships. Its annual giving was £250,121 in the year covered by the annual report.

What they fund

Profile based on the charity's Charity Commission register entry and annual report (year to 31 March 2025) only. Every statement is checked against them. Sources read on 30 October 2026.

Priority Areas

The Forum's principal activity is facilitating the social, economic and environmental regeneration of the area by encouraging and supporting partnership working between and within the community, voluntary, statutory and business sectors. Its objectives include attracting and maintaining resources, fostering a vibrant, diverse and active community, improving community use of the natural and built environment, and improving local use of public services. Alongside this work, it supports several small local charities through support grants funded by Sheffield City Council and manages allocation of these funds on the Council's behalf. It assesses these charities' needs annually and is confident they would not view the support as an open-ended obligation.

Geographic Focus

Priority: The Sharrow area of the City of Sheffield.

How to apply

No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website. The contact shown is for getting in touch.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

Sheffield

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to Sharrow Community Forum.

Manor Development CompanyNo public processGave £1,260 JG Graves Charitable TrustFixed deadlinesGave £315k Voluntary Action SheffieldRollingGave £107k Manor & Castle Development Trust LtdNo public processGave £10,000 Sheffield Grammar School Exhibition FoundationFixed deadlinesGave £84,300 Sheffield Town TrustFixed deadlinesGave £331k Sheffield Church Burgesses TrustFixed deadlinesGave £327k Harry Bottom Charitable TrustRollingGave £169k Church Burgesses Educational FoundationRolling The Combined Company of Cutlers’ Charitable TrustFixed deadlinesGave £58,750

Grants

26 published grants analysed · median £6,246

How much do they typically give?

Share of 26 grants in year to 31 March 2025 by size

Under £1k8%

£1k–£2.5k19%

£2.5k–£5k12%

£5k–£10k31%

£10k–£25k27%

£25k–£50k0%

£50k–£100k4%

Median £6,246 (year to 31 March 2025)

The largest grants to organisations in this funder’s latest annual report:

Manor Training and Resources
£50,000year to 31 March 2025
On Board Skate Park
£23,160year to 31 March 2025
LAC East: Well & Wild
£20,420year to 31 March 2025
Roshni Asian
£19,266year to 31 March 2025
Sheffield City Boxing Club
£14,418year to 31 March 2025
ISRAAC Somali Community
£14,215year to 31 March 2025
Football Unites, Racism Divides
£14,011year to 31 March 2025
Link Learning
£10,554year to 31 March 2025

Grant examples taken from the funder’s filed accounts. Not included above: 2 lines covering other, unnamed recipients (£11,044).

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 March 2021	£614,168	£579,999	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2021
year to 31 March 2022	£839,410	£744,916	£742,016	Accounts for year to 31 March 2022
year to 31 March 2023	£528,141	£552,893	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2023
year to 31 March 2024	£845,530	£559,249	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2024
year to 31 March 2025	£2,983,107	£771,850	£250,121	Accounts for year to 31 March 2025

Income vs grants paid

IncomeGrants paid

Total value each financial year

YE 2022

£742k grants

YE 2025

£250k grants

Grants paid stayed within income across the 2 years shown.

Grants paid, year to 31 March 2022: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
Grants paid, year to 31 March 2025: the accounts do not say whether this is grants awarded or paid.

— No grants figure for those years.

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.