The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Foundry Sheffield

Registered charity 1162688 CIO Registered since 2015

Operates: Sheffield City

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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.

12 trustees on the board

3.1y median 1y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

3.8y
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 8Religious Activities 4Other 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.

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.

Related organisations

Connected through a shared trustee

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Contact

Websitewww.victoriahallsheffield.org
Emailadmin@victoriahallsheffield.org
Phone01142721749
AddressThe Foundry Sheffield, c/o Victoria Hall Methodist Church, Norfolk Street, SHEFFIELD, S1 2JB

Finances

£1,136,781 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£363,832£354,099
2022£309,667£328,384
2023£306,610£325,224
2024£538,881£573,620
2025£1,136,781£1,226,063

What it does

What

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyRecreation

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Services

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.

Governing document: CIO - Foundation Registered 16 Jul 2015

Trustees (12)

12trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (14)

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