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SITE GALLERY LTD.

Registered charity 510322 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SITE GALLERY (MEDIA, ART, PHOTOGRAPHY) LTD, Site Gallery Limited

FREE ACCESS TO VISUAL ART FOR ALL AND TO CREATE AN INNOVATIVE AND EXPLORATORY ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH TO EXPLORE VISUAL ART WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON LENS-BASED MEDIA.TO PROMOTE THE WORK OF ARTISTS AND FACILITATE CONTACT AND UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN ARTISTS AND THE PUBLIC.

Objects

The Company is established to promote and advance and support the development and growth of the contemporary arts, in particular, but not exclusively visual arts, multi-media arts, performance art and moving image arts, through exhibitions, arts events, lectures and workshops and to champion diverse talent and to provide opportunities for people of all backgrounds to participate in the arts for the engagement with and benefit of the public.

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 · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£565k
Latest spending
£654k
Registered
1980
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted general reserves were £101,585 at year end, which the trustees confirm remains in line with their reserves policy target of three months' operational expenditure. The charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £89,337 for the year, primarily driven by charitable activities expenditure exceeding incoming resources. The trustees confirm that budgeted income and expenditure levels, combined with current reserves, are sufficient for the charity to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months operational expenditure plus redundancy costs for staff and outstanding lease costs (reserves figure: £102k)
“Free reserves (unrestricted funds not committed) equating to three months operational expenditure plus redundancy costs for staff and outstanding lease costs are maintained. The minimum level should be no less than £80,000 with the upper limit £120,000.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 120
  • Government income: £21,700 — grants £21,700 (1); 4% of the £564,870 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 92
  • Government income: £37,977 — contracts £16,277 (1), grants £21,700 (1); 8% of the £497,921 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 60
  • Government income: £121,700 — grants £121,700 (2); 19% of the £646,601 total gross income on the same return

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2025 (received 01/02/2026, 1 day after the 31/01/2026 due date); year ending 31/03/2023 (received 06/02/2024, 6 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

Funders the charity credits

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

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£565k
Total spending
£654k
Cost of raising funds
£14k
Reserves (reported)
£102k
Employees
9

Reported reserves equal ~1.9 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (75% 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: 2.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Sheffield City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£565k£654k
31/03/2024£498k£644k
31/03/2023£647k£800k
31/03/2022£612k£707k
31/03/2021£735k£691k

Common questions

Is SITE GALLERY LTD. financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted general reserves were £101,585 at year end, which the trustees confirm remains in line with their reserves policy target of three months' operational expenditure. The charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £89,337 for the year, primarily driven by charitable activities expenditure exceeding incoming resources. The trustees confirm that budgeted income and expenditure levels, combined with current reserves, are sufficient for the charity to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SITE GALLERY LTD.?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SITE GALLERY LTD. as a grant recipient include THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION, THE FREELANDS FOUNDATION LIMITED, THE J G GRAVES CHARITABLE TRUST, SHEFFIELD TOWN TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATIONFY2025£110kArts, Culture and Heritage
THE FREELANDS FOUNDATION LIMITEDFY2022£91kFreelands Artist Programme
THE FREELANDS FOUNDATION LIMITEDFY2021£80kFreelands Artist Programme
THE J G GRAVES CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£5k
SHEFFIELD TOWN TRUSTFY2025£3k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund30/03/2006£5kYoung Animators Project

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
The SVH Foundation1£10.2m
THE MASTER CHARITABLE TRUST1£6.0m
PRISM THE GIFT FUND1£1.7m
THE ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATION1£1.3m
THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUST1£179k
THE VASEPPI TRUST1£150k
SWAROVSKI FOUNDATION1£114k
THE FOYLE FOUNDATION1£100k

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PENWITH GALLERIES LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SITE GALLERY LTD.£565k—0unclear—no doubt
PENWITH GALLERIES LIMITED FY2025£335k—0above—no doubt
THE RYE ART GALLERY TRUST FY2025£160k—0above—no doubt
CASTLEFIELD GALLERY FY2025£671k—0unclear—no doubt
WHITECHAPEL GALLERY FY2025£3.5m——below—noted
MK GALLERY FY2025£1.8m£85,000 to £90,0001unclear—no doubt

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