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The Piece Hall Trust

Registered charity 1156948 Registered since 2014

Operates: Calderdale

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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.

8 trustees on the board

1.9y median 1y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
7.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (2)

8
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 8Education/training 8Environment/conservation/heritage 7Disability 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 11Education 6Dormant 2

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£5.2m latest income
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.

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

63 from 68 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.

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Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.thepiecehall.co.uk
Emailinfo@thepiecehall.co.uk
Phone01422525217
AddressThe Piece Hall, Piece Hall, BLACKLEDGE, HALIFAX, HX11RE

Finances

£5,153,020 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£2,649,189£2,817,666
2022£4,709,895£4,798,391
2023£6,799,195£6,742,866
2024£9,346,486£10,046,937
2025£5,153,020£4,796,320

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritageEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Services

Charitable objects

4.1 THE PROMOTION OF THE FOLLOWING CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES: 4.1.1 TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT BY THE FOLLOWING MEANS:(A) THE ACQUISITION, PRESERVATION, MAINTENANCE AND PROTECTION OF THE PIECE HALL AS OF HISTORIC, CULTURAL, ARCHITECTURAL, CONSTRUCTIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC INTEREST OF EXHIBIT CRAFTSMANSHIP WORTHY OF PRESERVATION; AND (B) THE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE PIECE HALL AND PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE ARCHITECTURAL, CONSTRUCTIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CRAFT FEATURES THEREOF. 4.1.2 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC OF ALL AGES IN ARTS AND SCIENCES, PARTICULARLY PERFORMANCE ARTS, HISTORY, THE INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY AND THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT BY THE FOLLOWING MEANS: (A) THE PRESERVATION, MAINTENANCE, OPERATION AND PROTECTION OF THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE PIECE HALL AND ITS SETTING IN HALIFAX AND CALDERDALE; (B) RESEARCH, DISSEMINATION AND EXHIBITION OF MATERIAL TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON THE HERITAGE OF THE PIECE HALL; (C) CREATING EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH THE MANAGEMENT, RUNNING AND MAINTENANCE OF THE PIECE HALL BY PROVIDING SERVICES FOR THE PUBLIC; AND (D) PROCURING AND DELIVERING EVENTS FOR THE COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC PERFORMANCES AND DISPLAYS OF ART AND CREATING AND MANAGING THE FACILITIES TO DO SO. 4.1.3 SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE OBJECTS AS THE TRUST SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 21/02/2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15/09/2015AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 14 JUN 2018

Trustees (8)

8trustees
54median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Piece Hall Trust · 08906735 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 21/02/2014

3 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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