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Sheffield City Trust

Sheffield City Trust is a registered charity (number 700520) based in Sheffield, governed by 3 trustees and chaired by David Grey MBE since 2017. Latest income £34m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

  • 3 trustees
  • Income £34m (2025)

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 3 more
Where
Sheffield City
Website
www.sheffieldcitytrust.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Sheffield City Trust
Registered
1988

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£34m£58m
  • 2024£51m£58m
  • 2023£42m£39m
Earlier years
  • 2022£33m£19m
  • 2021£26m£28m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts under 1% · Government grants 16%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

(I) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF SOUTH YORKSHIRE AND ITS SURROUNDING COUNTIES BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE; (II)TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF POVERTY OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE CITY OF SHEFFIELD BY THE IMPROVEMENT AND PROVISION OF HOUSING; (III) TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE GOOD PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH; (IV) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY THE AID ESTABLISHMENT FUNDING OR SPONSORSHIP OF BURSARIES SCHOLARSHIPS OR GRANTS TO ANY PERSON OR PERSONS, INSTITUTION, ASSOCIATION OR CORPORATE BODY FOR THE PURPOSE OF FURTHERING THE OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY;(V) TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF ELDERLY PEOPLE, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS LIVING IN SHEFFIELD AND ITS ENVIRONS BY PROVIDING CARE AND CARE FACILITIES; (VI) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE PROVISION, MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT OF MUSEUMS, ART AND CRAFT GALLERIES AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL SERVICES WITHIN SHEFFIELD AND ITS ENVIRONS; (VII) TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS, INCLUDING THE ARTS OF SINGING, MUSIC, DANCE, DRAMA AND MIME AND TO FORMULATE, PREPARE AND ESTABLISH SCHEMES THEREFOR; (VIII) TO ACQUIRE, PRESERVE, RESTORE AND MAINTAIN FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BUILDINGS OF HISTORIC AND ARCHITECTURAL INTEREST SITUATED IN SHEFFIELD; (IX) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY IN CASES OF NEED HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS AND TO ASSIST PERSONS WHO THROUGH THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES ARE IN NEED AND UNABLE TO GAIN EMPLOYMENT; (X) SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS FOR THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE CITY OF SHEFFIELD AND ITS ENVIRONS AS THE COMPANY SHALL IN ITS ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE ON TERMS CONSISTENT WITH CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES; (XI) SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE OBJECTS AS THE COMPANY SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Grants received

15 grants · £5,348,406 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

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £2,794,714 (2 grants)
  • Sport England · £2,409,998 (8 grants)
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £93,513
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £50,181 (4 grants)

Most recent

  • Sport England £93,5132024-06-18
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £93,5132024-06-18
  • Sport England £4,9602020-10-15
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £2,243,0002020-04-01
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £551,7142020-04-01
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.

3 trustees on the board

10.3y median 9y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

21.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (1)

2
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 3Education/training 3The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 3

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Finance 4Health and social care 4Agriculture 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£34.3m 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.

0.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months

914 from 790 in 2021
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.
16%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
700520
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 15 SEPTEMBER 1987 AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 28 JANUARY 1988, 6 NOVEMBER 1991, 5 JUNE 1992, 30 JULY 1993, 20 NOVEMBER 1998, 15 DECEMBER 2000, 28 MARCH 2003, 3 MARCH 2006 AND 2 MARCH 2007. as amended on 04 Sep 2015 as amended on 24 Jan 2024
Companies House
Company number 02164600 · Liquidation
Contact on the register
0114 223 3800 · info@SIVLTD.COM
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
Labels
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