Registered charity · Wakefield
Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Yorkshire Sculpture Park is a registered charity (number 1067908) based in Wakefield, governed by 15 trustees and chaired by Peter Alexander Clegg. Latest income £7.6m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
- 15 trustees
- Income £7.6m (2025)
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Who leads it
- Peter Alexander CleggChair
- Alice BoffTrustee · since 2024
- Carolyn Mary LordTrustee · since 2021
- Dr Susan Stuart-SmithTrustee · since 2021
- Hannah CorkTrustee · since 2023
- Helen WhitehouseTrustee · since 2024
- Isabel WilliamsTrustee · since 2024
- Katy WickremesingheTrustee · since 2024
- Kerry BishopTrustee · since 2026
- Merran McraeTrustee · since 2019
- Richard WattsTrustee · since 2022
- Rt Hon Alan MilburnTrustee
- Saad Ahmed QureshiTrustee · since 2021
- Simon Robert Armitage CBETrustee · since 2022
- Steven HollandTrustee · since 2024
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Barnsley, Sheffield City, Bradford City, Calderdale and more
- Website
- www.ysp.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Yorkshire Sculpture Park
- Registered
- 1998
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£7.6m£7.8m
- 2024£7.0m£8.1m
- 2023£7.3m£8.0m
Earlier years
- 2022£7.6m£7.2m
- 2021£7.4m£5.4m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 22%. From the charity's annual return.
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).
Grants received
11 grants · £3,820,671 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £2,673,598 (2 grants)
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £689,000 (3 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £390,000 (3 grants)
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £68,073 (3 grants)
Most recent
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Board analysis
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
- Peter Alexander Clegg Chair
- Alice Boff since 2024
- Carolyn Mary Lord since 2021
- Dr Susan Stuart-Smith since 2021
- Hannah Cork since 2023
- Helen Whitehouse since 2024
- Isabel Williams since 2024
- Katy Wickremesinghe since 2024
- Kerry Bishop since 2026
- Merran Mcrae since 2019
- Richard Watts since 2022
- Rt Hon Alan Milburn
- Saad Ahmed Qureshi since 2021
- Simon Robert Armitage CBE since 2022
- Steven Holland since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Merran Mcrae since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (12)
- Alice Boff since 2024
- Carolyn Mary Lord since 2021
- Dr Susan Stuart-Smith since 2021
- Hannah Cork since 2023
- Helen Whitehouse since 2024
- Isabel Williams since 2024
- Katy Wickremesinghe since 2024
- Kerry Bishop since 2026
- Rt Hon Alan Milburn
- Saad Ahmed Qureshi since 2021
- Simon Robert Armitage CBE since 2022
- Steven Holland since 2024
Portfolio (3)
- Peter Alexander Clegg Chair
- Merran Mcrae since 2019
- Richard Watts since 2022
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
1.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1067908
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 26/01/1998AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 10/12/2013
- Companies House
- Company number 03498700 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01924832631 · info@ysp.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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