The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Sheffield Museums Trust

Registered charity 1194032 Registered since 2021

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.

3.4y median 3y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure
1
trustees past 6 years
9.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

Portfolio (4)

11
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 14Education/training 3General Charitable Purposes 2The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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 11Retail and trade 6Education 3

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 4 years.
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£5.5m 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.

1.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 2.3 in 2022

129 from 100 in 2022
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.
57%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.sheffieldmuseums.org.uk
Emailinfo@sheffieldmuseums.org.uk
Phone01142782600
AddressLeader House, Surrey Street, S1 2LH

Finances

£5,531,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2022£4,247,000£5,215,000
2023£4,338,000£5,239,000
2024£5,235,000£5,897,000
2025£5,531,000£6,011,000

What it does

What

Arts/culture/heritage/science

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION BY THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN PARTICULAR IN THE FIELDS OF SOCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL HISTORY, SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, DESIGN, TECHNOLOGY, VISUAL ARTS AND CRAFTS AND NATURAL SCIENCES IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:A THE ACQUISITION, OWNERSHIP, PRESERVATION, PROTECTION, RESTORATION, IMPROVEMENT, ENHANCEMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF ITEMS AND FEATURES OF ARTISTIC, SCIENTIFIC, HISTORICAL AND INDUSTRIAL INTEREST FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT;B THE CARE, MANAGEMENT, DISPLAY AND DEVELOPMENT OF:I THE COLLECTIONS OF THE SHEFFIELD CITY COUNCIL;II THE ART COLLECTION OF THE MAPPIN TRUST;III THE COLLECTION OF THE GUILD OF ST GEORGE;IV THE COLLECTION OF THE KEN HAWLEY COLLECTION TRUST; ANDV COLLECTIONS OF ANY OTHER PERSON OR BODY TO AN EXTENT CONSISTENT WITH THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 04 DEC 2020AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 07 APR 2021

Trustees (15)

15trustees
64median age
3aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Sheffield Museums Trust · 13063156 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 04/12/2020

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (6)

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