The City of Sheffield Theatre Trust

Analysis

The City of Sheffield Theatre Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sheffield. It was registered in October 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06308382). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The City of Sheffield Theatre Trust reported income of £6.0m and spending of £5.8m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £372k to £6.0m (+1523%), an average of +101% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 1346%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The City of Sheffield Theatre Trust sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Harewood House Trust Limited (£6.0m), The Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom (£6.1m) and Hampstead Theatre Limited (£6.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 96% and investments 3.3%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £792k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate.