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SOUTH YORKSHIRE TRADES HISTORICAL TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 1093233 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Trust is constituted to maintain conserve and display to the public the following historical properties: Wortley Top Forge, Rockley Engine House, Rockley Furnace, Bower Spring Cementation Furnace, Hoylandswaine Nail Forge. (All South Yorkshire) There is also a collection of historical engines and other machinery at Wortley. Wortley has working waterwheels and has regular guided tours.

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Latest income
£32k
Latest spending
£18k
Registered
2002
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £117,701 at the year end, which exceeds the trustees' stated requirement to maintain sufficient funds for ongoing running costs of at least a year ahead. The trustees have designated £50,000 of these unrestricted reserves as a contingency fund for repairs, noting that current projects fall well within the liquid funds available.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient funds for ongoing running costs for at least a year ahead, about £6,000 (held: £118k)
“Therefore, beyond maintaining sufficient funds for ongoing running costs for at least a year ahead, about £6,000, the trustees have no requirement to build up reserves unless a particular project is to be funded. However, they have resolved to continue to designate £50,000 of the unrestricted reserves as a contingency fund for repairs to scheduled buildings.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The trustees consider that the South Yorkshire Industrial History Society is a related party because the sites and machines maintained by the Trust are largely in the ownership of the Society and a number of the trustees of the Trust are also trustees of the Society.
“The trustees consider that the South Yorkshire Industrial History Society is a related party because the sites and machines maintained by the Trust are largely in the ownership of the Society and a number of the trustees of the Trust are also trustees of the Society.” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Barnsley · Doncaster · Rotherham · Sheffield City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£32k£18k
31/12/2024£26k£19k
31/12/2023£22k£13k
31/12/2022£22k£11k
31/12/2021£35k£12k

Common questions

Is SOUTH YORKSHIRE TRADES HISTORICAL TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £117,701 at the year end, which exceeds the trustees' stated requirement to maintain sufficient funds for ongoing running costs of at least a year ahead. The trustees have designated £50,000 of these unrestricted reserves as a contingency fund for repairs, noting that current projects fall well within the liquid funds available. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund30/04/2007£4k"South Yorkshire Trades Historical Trust Ltd, Are A Charity Who'S Aims Are To Conserve And Manage Industrial Buildings, Monuments, Machinery"