THE GUILD OF ST GEORGE

Registered charity 231758 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q5615765 · Wikipedia

Promote the advancement of education & training in the field of rural economy, industrial design and craftsmanship, and appreciation of the arts in accordance with the principles set out in the Letters to Working Men by John Ruskin published under the title Fors Clavigera.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN THE FIELD OF RURAL ECONOMY, INDUSTRIAL DESIGN AND CRAFTSMANSHIP, AND APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES SET OUT IN THE LETTERS TO WORKING MEN BY JOHN RUSKIN PUBLISHED UNDER THE TITLE FORS CLAVIGERA.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Sheffield, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an overall deficit of £148,977 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total reserves to £6,408,676. Per the trustees' report, the charity has unrestricted free reserves of only £19,217, which the Board acknowledges is insufficient for current operations without drawing on designated fixed assets. While the directors maintain a going concern basis due to sufficient overall reserves, they note the ongoing challenge of addressing the annual deficit budget.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Funders the charity credits

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

• National Lottery Heritage Fund — “We are very grateful for a number of funding awards that made Ruskin in Sheffield possible: National Lottery Heritage Fund, Arts Council E…” (source page)
• Arts Council England — “We are very grateful for a number of funding awards that made Ruskin in Sheffield possible: National Lottery Heritage Fund, Arts Council E…” (source page)
• Church Burgesses Educational Foundation — “We are very grateful for a number of funding awards that made Ruskin in Sheffield possible: National Lottery Heritage Fund, Arts Council E…” (source page)
• Sheffield Grammar School Exhibition Foundation — “We are very grateful for a number of funding awards that made Ruskin in Sheffield possible: National Lottery Heritage Fund, Arts Council E…” (source page)
• Mount Pleasant Educational Foundation — “We are very grateful for a number of funding awards that made Ruskin in Sheffield possible: National Lottery Heritage Fund, Arts Council E…” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

5 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (5 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Thomas Gray Hill
• Dr Dominika Morton
• Dr Frances Patricia O'Connor
• Dr PETER Ashley Thomas Insull BURMAN
• Dr Rachel Miriam Wilson Dickinson
• Janet Nichola Johnson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jenny Robbins
• Kate Jane Mason
• Mark James Cleaver

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST GILES TRUST.

• ST GILES TRUST income £22.4m
• ST JOHN'S GUILD income £158k
• ST. GILES CHARITY ESTATES income £1.0m
• UK GIVES LTD income £1.5m
• CATHERINE GRACE TRUST income £4.2m
• ST GEORGE THE MARTYR CHARITY income £71k

Side by side with its peers

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