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Registered charity · Halifax

The Piece Hall Trust

The Piece Hall Trust is a registered charity (number 1156948) based in Halifax, governed by 8 trustees. Latest income £5.2m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £5.2m (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Calderdale
Website
www.thepiecehall.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Piece Hall Trust
Registered
2014

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£5.2m£4.8m
  • 2024£9.3m£10m
  • 2023£6.8m£6.7m
Earlier years
  • 2022£4.7m£4.8m
  • 2021£2.6m£2.8m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 9%. From the charity's annual return.

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.

Grants received

10 grants · £3,536,818 total

360Giving 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

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £1,969,900 (2 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £1,485,118 (3 grants)
  • Garfield Weston Foundation · £50,000
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £19,800 (2 grants)
  • SHAREGIFT · £10,000

Most recent

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £442,7002021-03-19
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £995,0002020-10-14
  • Garfield Weston Foundation £50,0002020-09-04
  • SHAREGIFT £10,0002020-07-06
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £250,0002020-07-06
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.

8 trustees on the board

1.9y median 1y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
7.3y
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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1156948
Status
Registered
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
Companies House
Company number 08906735 · Active
Contact on the register
01422525217 · info@thepiecehall.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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