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Registered charity (CIO) · Sheffield

The Foundry Sheffield

The Foundry Sheffield is a registered charity (number 1162688) based in Sheffield, governed by 12 trustees. Latest income £1.1m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £1.1m (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
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Recreation
Where
Sheffield City
Website
www.victoriahallsheffield.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2015

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£1.1m£1.2m
  • 2024£539k£574k
  • 2023£307k£325k
Earlier years
  • 2022£310k£328k
  • 2021£364k£354k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 66%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFITS OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE CITY OF SHEFFIELD AND ELSEWHERE, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, AGE, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS AND INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND ADVANCE EDUCATION, AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION, AND TO RELIEVE UNEMPLOYMENT, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.THE PROMOTION OF THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROVIDING LOW COST ACCOMMODATION AND FACILITIES IN CENTRAL SHEFFIELD FOR VOLUNTARY SECTOR ORGANISATIONS. THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR MEANS CHARITIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS. CHARITIES ARE ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES. VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS ARE INDEPENDENT ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR PURPOSES THAT ADD VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, OR A SIGNIFICANT SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY, AND WHICH ARE NOT PERMITTED BY THEIR CONSTITUTION TO MAKE A PROFIT FOR PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION. VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS DO NOT INCLUDE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR OTHER STATUTORY AUTHORITIES’PROVIDED THAT NONE OF THE OBJECTS NOR ANY ACTIVITY WITHIN THE OBJECTS SHALL BE UNDERTAKEN OTHERWISE THAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH OR IN FURTHERANCE OF THE PURPOSES OF THE METHODIST CHURCH CONTAINED IN SECTION 4 OF THE METHODIST CHURCH ACT 1976 AND/OR THE DOCTRINAL STANDARDS OF THE METHODIST CHURCH.

Grants received

13 grants · £470,542 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 · £212,000 (2 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £207,942 (6 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £45,800 (4 grants)
  • The Clothworkers' Foundation · £4,800

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £20,0002025-10-17
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £5,8502023-01-27
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002021-06-04
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £39,6002021-03-08
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £6,9002021-03-08
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.

12 trustees on the board

3.1y median 1y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

3.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (5)

0
company-linked trustees

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

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 12The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 11Recreation 9Religious Activities 3Other Charitable Purposes 1

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board

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£1.1m 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.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 1.6 in 2021

10 from 12 in 2024
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
1162688
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - Foundation Registered 16 Jul 2015
Contact on the register
01142721749 · admin@victoriahallsheffield.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
Labels
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