The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Hospital of Gilbert, Earl of Shrewsbury AT Sheffield

Registered charity 221644 Registered since 1963

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.

13.1y median 8y
average tenure
44y
longest tenure
17.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (3)

3
company-linked trustees

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

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 8The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 7Accommodation/housing 6Education/training 1General Charitable Purposes 1Religious Activities 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 4Property 2Retail and trade 2

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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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£557k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
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.

16.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 21.8 in 2020

3 from 4 in 2020
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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Phone0114 266 7171
AddressFowler Sandford, 4th Floor Abbey House, Leopold Street, Sheffield, S1 2GY

Finances

£557,199 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£554,212£713,556
2021£532,774£796,515
2022£538,882£802,732
2023£536,816£878,215
2024£557,199£762,073

What it does

What

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyAccommodation/housing

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old People

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Services

Charitable objects

A) IN RELIEVING EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY PERSONS OTHERWISE QUALIFIED AS IN-PENSIONERS OF THE HOSPITAL WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY OR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES CALCULATED TO REDUCE THE NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OF SUCH PERSONS, B) IN RELIEVING IN CASES OF NEED PERSONS RESIDENT IN OR NEAR SHEFFIELD WHO ARE SICK, CONVALESCENT, DISABLED, HANDICAPPED OR INFIRM BY PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES WHICH ARE CALCULATED TO ALLEVIATE THE SUFFERING OR ASSIST THE RECOVERY OF SUCH PERSONS IN SUCH CASES BUT ARE NOT READILY AVAILABLE TO THEM FROM OTHER SOURCES. IF AT ANY TIME THERE SHALL BE A SURPLUS OF THE INCOME OF THE HOSPITAL AFTER PROVIDING FOR THE DUE MAINTENANCE OF THE HOSPITAL AND OF ITS OFFICERS, IN-PENSIONERS AND OUT-PENSIONERS.

Governing document: WILL OF GILBERT, EARL OF SHREWSBURY, VARIOUS ACTS OF PARLIAMENT AND SCHEMES OF 9 JUNE 1959, 21 OCTOBER 1982 AND 16 SEPTEMBER 1985.AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 08 NOV 2017

Trustees (8)

8trustees
63median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (9)

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