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Sheffield City Trust

Sheffield City Trust

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Sheffield City Trust is a registered charity in the United Kingdom that owns and/or manages fifteen entertainment and sports venues in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England.

Charitable objectives

The Trust was established in 1988 with three charitable objectives:

  • provide recreational and other leisure facilities of a high standard and as economically as possible
  • promote the physical health of the inhabitants of the City of Sheffield
  • encouragement of the Arts, and the acquisition, preservation, restoration and maintenance of buildings of historical interest in Sheffield.

Venues

The Trust operates a range of sports and entertainment venues:[1]

Sports and leisure centres

The trust formerly managed Don Valley Stadium until its demolition.

Entertainment venues

Golf courses

  • Beauchief Golf Club
  • Birley Wood Golf Club
  • Tinsley Park Golf Club
  • Tapton Park Golf Club
  • Sinfin Golf Club

Finance

The charity is funded via its three wholly owned subsidiaries, Sheffield International Venues Ltd, Sheffield City Hall Limited and Sheffield Festival Limited. In 2005–6 the Trust had an income of £56.7 million, expenditure of £55.8 million and held assets valued at £316 million.[citation needed] It is one of the 100 largest UK charitable organisations ranked by annual expenditure.[2] The current chair of the Trust is David Grey,[3] the previous chair was Howard Culley and before that (1997–2008) was Paul Blomfield.


References

  1. "Venues | Sheffield City Trust". www.sheffieldcitytrust.org. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  2. "DAVID GREY MBE". Connect Yorkshire. Retrieved 22 May 2022.

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