The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Registered charity 1067908 Registered since 1998

Operates: Barnsley, Sheffield City, Bradford City, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds City, City Of Wakefield

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

15 trustees on the board

3.3y median 3y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

Portfolio (4)

14
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 14Environment/conservation/heritage 14General Charitable Purposes 14Economic/community Development/employment 1Education/training 1Other Charitable Purposes 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Arts and leisure 23Professional services 8Education 6

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£7.6m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

1.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months

229 from 181 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

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Contact

Websitewww.ysp.org.uk
Emailinfo@ysp.org.uk
Phone01924832631
AddressYORKSHIRE SCULPTURE PARK, BRETTON HALL, BRETTON, WAKEFIELD, WF4 4LG

Finances

£7,624,380 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£7,392,888£5,383,730
2022£7,571,559£7,180,553
2023£7,300,107£7,981,647
2024£6,951,423£8,149,738
2025£7,624,380£7,779,027

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesArts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritageEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Charitable objects

A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND IN PARTICULAR IN THE AREA OF YORKSHIRE BY THE PROVISION OF ACCESS TO AND FACILITIES FOR THE STUDY AND PRACTICE OF THE ARTS IN GENERAL BUT WITH PARTICULAR REGARD TO SCULPTURE, PAINTING AND OTHER VISUAL ARTS B) TO PROMOTE ARTS IN THE SOCIETY, PARTICULARLY THE VISUAL ARTS , FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF YORKSHIRE AND ELSEWHERE BY DEVELOPING PUBLIC APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS AND BY IMPROVING PUBLIC ACCESS TO AND THE QUALITY OF THE ARTS C)THE PRESERVATION AND PUBLIC DISPLAY OF A COLLECTION OF SCULPTURE AND ALLIED MATERIAL FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, D) THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THE HISTORIC LANDSCAPE AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT OF YORKSHIRE SCULPTURE PARK IN ORDER TO PROMOTE (A), (B) AND (C).

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 26/01/1998AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 10/12/2013

Trustees (15)

15trustees
55median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Yorkshire Sculpture Park · 03498700 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 26/01/1998

5 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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