The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Church Burgesses Trust

Registered charity 221284 Registered since 1964

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.

15.8y median 13.5y
average tenure
38y
longest tenure
17.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

Portfolio (12)

3
company-linked trustees

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

Religious Activities 12General Charitable Purposes 11The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 8Education/training 3Economic/community Development/employment 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.

Other services 4Education 3Finance 2

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£2.2m 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.

6.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 6.7 in 2020

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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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Connected through a shared trustee

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Contact

Websitewww.sheffieldchurchburgesses.org.uk
Emailian.potter@wrigleys.co.uk
Phone01142675588
AddressWRIGLEYS SOLICITORS LLP, DERWENT HOUSE, 150 ARUNDEL GATE, SHEFFIELD, S1 2FN

Finances

£2,151,855 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£1,646,361£1,760,728
2021£1,968,609£1,822,160
2022£1,943,724£1,987,118
2023£1,963,551£2,105,632
2024£2,151,855£2,074,666

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesReligious Activities

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

A) TO PAY 17.8% OF THE INCOME OF THE CHARITY TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE CHARITY CALLED THE CHURCH BURGESSES EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR APPLICATION BY THE THOSE TRUSTEES FOR THE PURPOSES OF THAT CHARITY; B) TO APPLY A FURTHER 71.5% OF THE INCOME OF THE CHARITY FOR ECCLESIASTICAL PURPOSES AS PROVIDED FOR AT CLAUSE 10 OF THE 1999 SCHEME; C) TO APPLY THE REMAINING 10.7% OF THE INCOME OF THE CHARITY TO BE APPLIED FOR GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS PROVIDED FOR AT CLAUSE 11 OF THE 1999 SCHEME; 1. ECCLESIASTICAL PURPOSES THE TRUSTEES SHALL APPLY THE INCOME FOR ECCLESIASTICAL PURPOSES IN THE FIRST PLACE IN PAYING SUCH SUMS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DETERMINE AFTER CONSULTATION WITH THE PROVOST IN OR TOWARDS THE STIPENDS OF THE TWO CHAPLAINS OF THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL, SHEFFIELD HOLDING OFFICE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONSTITUTION AND STATUTES OF THE SAID CATHEDRAL CHURCH.2. GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES THE TRUSTEES SHALL APPLY THE INCOME OF THE CHARITY FOR GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF SHEFFIELD.**FOR FULL DETAILS SEE CLAUSES 7-11 OF CHARITY COMMISSION SCHEME SEALED 23 AUGUST 1999.

Governing document: ROYAL CHARTER GRANTED 8/6/1554, AS VARIED BY COMMISSION SCHEME SEALED 23/8/1999, SUPPLEMENTAL ROYAL CHARTER DATED 8/5/2003 & RESOLUTION UNDER S75A 12/4/10 AND AS AMENDED 1 APRIL 2014, EXCLUSIVE OF THE EDUCATIONAL FOUND'N CONSTITUTED BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION SEALED 16/2/1904 AS AMENDED ON 09 JUL 2018AS AMENDED ON 26 JAN 2021AS AMENDED ON 09 JAN 2025

Trustees (12)

12trustees
77median age
2aged 70+

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