Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 6

No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 12

THE FOUNDRY SHEFFIELD

The Charity provides facilities in Sheffield City Centre for a wide range of organisations and charities who support some of the most vulnerable in the city including asylum seekers and the homeless.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
30/06/22	£310	£328	£-19	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
30/06/21	£364	£354	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
30/06/20	£347	£340	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
30/06/19	£314	£200	£114	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	8
30/06/18	£222	£196	£26	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	9
30/06/17	£159	£160	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/16	£26	£33	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 9 years

www.victoriahallsheffield.org

admin@victoriahallsheffield.org

01142721749

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Recreation
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Poverty relief

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Sheffield City,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
4 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

DCMS	£197,432
National Lottery Heritage Fund	£24,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£15,850
The Clothworkers Foundation	£4,800
CAF	£4,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Roof repairs
£5,850	27/01/2023	This project will repair the roof of the group's grade II listed heritage building that is 116 years old. It will allow the community to access all the facilities and services provided including ....more This project will repair the roof of the group's grade II listed heritage building that is 116 years old. It will allow the community to access all the facilities and services provided including training courses for unemployed individuals fitness classes refugee support and information resources.
National Lottery Community Fund - Basement kitchen project
£10,000	04/06/2021	The funding will be used to install a new kitchen facility for the use of the whole community including activities such as coffee mornings and providing hot meals for homeless people. The aim is to ....more The funding will be used to install a new kitchen facility for the use of the whole community including activities such as coffee mornings and providing hot meals for homeless people. The aim is to promote community togetherness and help those in need.
DCMS - CRF21 The Foundry Sheffield
£39,600	08/03/2021	Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage 2020-21
DCMS - CRF21 The Foundry Sheffield
£69,000	08/03/2021	Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage 2020-21
DCMS - Victoria Hall, Sheffield
£10,832	07/12/2020	Survey of windows and repairs. The wider aim of the scheme is: This scheme is part of the Culture Recovery Fund, the Governments £1.57 billion support package to protect the countrys cultural, arts ....more Survey of windows and repairs. The wider aim of the scheme is: This scheme is part of the Culture Recovery Fund, the Governments £1.57 billion support package to protect the countrys cultural, arts and heritage organisations. Historic England is offering grant funding as part of the Heritage Stimulus Fund, capital funding which forms part of the support package. This encompasses a number of grant funds to help the heritage sector recover from the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. This funding will support owners of listed buildings to carry out maintenance and small-scale urgent repair work ando revitalise decaying historic buildingso improve the condition of the nations heritageo protect jobs in the heritage construction sectoro underpin specialist heritage professionals and crafts people
DCMS - CRF20: The Foundry Sheffield
£78,000	14/10/2020	Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage 2020-21
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to The Foundry Sheffield
£4,800	15/07/2020	reburishment of building for a charity that works with disadvantaged minority communities in York & Humberside
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The Foundry Sheffield
£24,000	27/05/2020	COVID19: The Foundry Sheffield
CAF - Grant to The Foundry Sheffield
£4,000	24/04/2020 3	Grant to The Foundry Sheffield to support the organisation through COVID19
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The Foundry Sheffield
£188,000	20/03/2019	POW:II - Partnership between Central Hall Westminster, Victoria Hall Sheffield and Priory Doncaster (City Centre Events Spaces
National Lottery Community Fund - First Impressions
£9,950	28/06/2018 12	The group will make improvements to their community facility. This will improve the building for further community use.

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ALISON KATE BURNETT Appointed: 2023

ANN CHRISTINE PERCH Appointed: 2023

HOWARD JAMES HOYES Appointed: 2015

REV JACKIE WRIGHT Appointed: 2023

DAVID BURTON Appointed: 2016, Other trusteeships: THE WILKINSON METHODIST MARRIAGE CHARITY, ROBERT WILKINSON'S CHARITY, SHEFFIELD METHODIST DISTRICT, TRINITY METHODIST CIRCUIT, SHEFFIELD METHODIST CIRCUIT,

PAMELA BOULTON JP BA Appointed: 2015, Other trusteeship: VICTORIA HALL METHODIST CHURCH,

REV ASHLEY COOPER Appointed: 2023, Other trusteeships: CLIFF COLLEGE, ECG TRUST, STEPS ROMANIA,

REV JONATHAN HAIGH Appointed: 2014, Other trusteeships: SHEFFIELD SPORTS COMMENTARIES COMMITTEE FOR HOSPITAL PATIENTS AND THE BLIND, THE TERMINUS INITIATIVE, VICTORIA HALL METHODIST CHURCH, GREENHILL METHODIST CHURCH, SHEFFIELD, SHEFFIELD METHODIST CIRCUIT,

ROMEO REGARDO PEDRO Appointed: 2022, Other trusteeships: GREENHILL METHODIST CHURCH, SHEFFIELD, SHEFFIELD METHODIST CIRCUIT, NETHER GREEN METHODIST CHURCH, WESLEY HALL METHODIST CHURCH, TOTLEY RISE METHODIST CHURCH,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 16/07/2015, number: 1162688

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

7 returns made; all on time

Main office

The Foundry Sheffield
c/o Victoria Hall Methodist Church
Norfolk Street
SHEFFIELD
S1 2JB

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFITS OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE CITY OF SHEFFIELD AND ELSEWHERE, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, AGE, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS AND INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND ADVANCE EDUCATION, AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION, AND TO RELIEVE UNEMPLOYMENT, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.THE PROMOTION OF THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROVIDING LOW COST ACCOMMODATION AND FACILITIES IN CENTRAL SHEFFIELD FOR VOLUNTARY SECTOR ORGANISATIONS. THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR MEANS CHARITIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS. CHARITIES ARE ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES. VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS ARE INDEPENDENT ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR PURPOSES THAT ADD VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, OR A SIGNIFICANT SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY, AND WHICH ARE NOT PERMITTED BY THEIR CONSTITUTION TO MAKE A PROFIT FOR PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION. VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS DO NOT INCLUDE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR OTHER STATUTORY AUTHORITIES’PROVIDED THAT NONE OF THE OBJECTS NOR ANY ACTIVITY WITHIN THE OBJECTS SHALL BE UNDERTAKEN OTHERWISE THAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH OR IN FURTHERANCE OF THE PURPOSES OF THE METHODIST CHURCH CONTAINED IN SECTION 4 OF THE METHODIST CHURCH ACT 1976 AND/OR THE DOCTRINAL STANDARDS OF THE METHODIST CHURCH.

Defined Area of Benefit:

SHEFFIELD

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