THE PIECE HALL TRUST

Registered charity 1156948 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the environment by the preservation of The Piece Hall as a historic building and advance the education of the public in arts, sciences and history.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£5.2m

Latest spending

£4.8m

Registered

2014

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £356,700 for the year ended 29 September 2025, marking a financial turnaround from the previous period's deficit. However, the charity's unrestricted funds remain in a deficit of £2,602,272, which the trustees are committed to repaying in the medium to long term. The trustees confirm that sufficient resources exist to continue operating for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £100,001 - £110,000 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £70k)

“In the band £100,001 - £110,000 1”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Largest income source: Other trading activities (58% of income)

“Other trading activities 3,002,506”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three months salaries and overhead costs (held: £-2.6m)

“It is the intention of the Trustees to maintain unrestricted reserves of at least the value of three months salaries and overhead costs (currently forecast at £840,000).” — page 23

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Gift aid profits/donations from subsidiary Piece Hall Enterprises Limited.

“During the year Piece Hall Enterprises Limited donated profits of £575,000 (2024 18 months: £518,000) to The Piece Hall Trust.” — page 62

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Trading subsidiary: Piece Hall Enterprises Limited

“TPHT has a trading company, Piece Hall Enterprises Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of TPHT and a private limited company (no. 09761837).” — page 25

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Sumer Auditco Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Top pay band moved from £110,001 - £120,000 (FY2024) to £100,001 - £110,000 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

Nicky Chance-Thompson stands down as trustee at Halifax's The Piece Hall Trust yorkshirepost.co.uk · 03/07/2026
The Piece Hall Trust Annual Review 2021-22 thepiecehall.co.uk · 07/03/2023
The Piece Hall Trust Annual Review 2020-21 thepiecehall.co.uk · 02/05/2022
The Piece Hall Trust agree five-year deal with Cuffe and Taylor thepiecehall.co.uk · 17/02/2022
The Piece Hall Trust reveals new board of trustees thepiecehall.co.uk · 04/05/2021
The Piece Hall Trust announces raft of new ambassadors thepiecehall.co.uk · 17/11/2020

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Garfield Weston Foundation — “The Piece Hall heritage regeneration project is also supported by Garfield Weston Foundation and The Wolfson Foundation.” (source page)
The Wolfson Foundation — “The Piece Hall heritage regeneration project is also supported by Garfield Weston Foundation and The Wolfson Foundation.” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 29/09/2025)

Total income

£5.2m

Total spending

£4.8m

Reserves (reported)

£0

Employees

63

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (58% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Bryony Louise Bond
Diane Joy Lawrence
Jacqueline Palmer
Josephine Thornton
Mohammed Illiyas Jaffar
Noor Ali
Orphy Robinson · trustee of 4 other charities
Syima Aslam MBE · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Calderdale

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
29/09/2025	£5.2m	£4.8m
29/09/2024	£9.3m	£10.0m
31/03/2023	£6.8m	£6.7m
31/03/2022	£4.7m	£4.8m
31/03/2021	£2.6m	£2.8m

Common questions

Is THE PIECE HALL TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £356,700 for the year ended 29 September 2025, marking a financial turnaround from the previous period's deficit. However, the charity's unrestricted funds remain in a deficit of £2,602,272, which the trustees are committed to repaying in the medium to long term. The trustees confirm that sufficient resources exist to continue operating for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sumer Auditco Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE PIECE HALL TRUST earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £100,001 - £110,000 band.

Who funds THE PIECE HALL TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE PIECE HALL TRUST as a grant recipient include COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR CALDERDALE.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR CALDERDALE	FY2022	£7k	Let's Create Jubilee

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	06/07/2020	£250k	"COVID19: The Piece Hall"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	05/03/2020	£1.7m	"The Piece HallÃ‚Â’s Next Chapter: Building Resilience for a Sustainable Future"
The National Lottery Community Fund	17/02/2020	£10k	The Piece Hall Community and Wellbeing Festival
The National Lottery Community Fund	10/01/2019	£10k	The Piece Hall Community Festival
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council	—	£108	TF
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council	—	£88k	LS
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council	—	£59k	LS
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council	—	£5k	LS
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council	—	£9k	LS
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council	—	£22k	LS
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council	—	£108	TF
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council	—	£216	TF
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council	—	£22	CA
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council	—	£433	TF
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council	—	£59k	LS
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council	—	£12k	LS
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council	—	£30k	LS
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council	—	£88k	LS
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council	—	£2k	LS
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council	—	£2k	LS
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council	—	£9k	LS
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council	—	£22k	LS
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council	—	£5k	LS
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council	—	£216	TF
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council	—	£12k	LS

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE BAND TRUST	1	£255k
THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£68k
MOYNITRUST	1	£30k
OLD POSSUM'S PRACTICAL TRUST	1	£23k
THE THEATRES TRUST CHARITABLE FUND	1	£10k
THE PILGRIM TRUST	1	£10k
THE MARCHUS TRUST	1	£7k
MARIA BJORNSON MEMORIAL FUND	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL TRUST.

THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL TRUST income £2.9m
HAREWOOD HOUSE TRUST LIMITED income £6.0m
NORTH CRAVEN BUILDING PRESERVATION TRUST income £1.1m
THE CUTLERS' HALL PRESERVATION TRUST LIMITED income £163k
LONDON HISTORIC BUILDINGS TRUST LTD income £116k
THE HISTORIC CHAPELS TRUST income £2.2m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE PIECE HALL TRUST	£5.2m	£100,001 - £110,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL TRUST FY2025	£2.9m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
HAREWOOD HOUSE TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£6.0m	—	—	below	—	noted
NORTH CRAVEN BUILDING PRESERVATION TRUST FY2025	£1.1m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CUTLERS' HALL PRESERVATION TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£163k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LONDON HISTORIC BUILDINGS TRUST LTD FY2025	£116k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.