The Cutlers’ Hall Preservation Trust

Registered charity 513038 · since 1982cutlers-hallamshire.org.uk/the-company-does/cutlers-hall-preservation-trust·Sheffield, United Kingdom·Updated 29 October 2026

At a glance

£158k

Annual giving, year to 30 September 2025

From filed accounts

Key takeaways

Your work fits best if it concerns the historic fabric of Cutlers' Hall, engineering and design education, or youth education, with a priority on Sheffield, though the Trust also names the nation as a whole.
The annual report shows £157,815 paid in grants, but no grant range is stated, so a realistic request size cannot be set from the figures; keep any request modest and tied to a clear project.
No application process is published, so the sensible first step is to use the contact given to ask whether the Trust is open to approaches before writing a full proposal.
Its grants go to the organisation that maintains the Hall, so check that link before assuming it funds outside bodies.
Nothing published sets exclusions or eligibility rules, so no group is ruled out, and no deadlines or timing are published either.

Overview

The Cutlers’ Hall Preservation Trust is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 513038).

The Cutlers' Hall Preservation Trust exists to preserve and maintain the historical, architectural and constructional heritage of the Cutlers' Hall for the benefit of Sheffield's townspeople and the nation at large. It makes grants to the organisation responsible for maintaining and developing the Hall. Alongside this heritage work, its Joint Awards scheme supports students and apprentices in engineering and design to visit facilities and factories abroad. The annual report records £157,815 paid in giving.

What they fund

Priority Areas

The Trust's primary purpose is to preserve and maintain Cutlers’ Hall's historical, architectural and constructional heritage for the people of Sheffield, the region and the nation. It makes grants to the organisation responsible for maintaining and developing the Hall. Alongside this heritage work, its Joint Awards scheme supports students and apprentices in engineering and design to visit facilities and factories abroad, targeting those who would otherwise be unable to benefit. It also supports a programme giving young people the opportunity to focus their learning to prepare for life after school and a work environment. Its work combines care of a historic building with education and practical exposure to industry.

Themes

Historic building preservation
Engineering and design
Youth education

Geographic Focus

Priority: Sheffield; the nation as a whole.

How to apply

No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry, its website or other pages about it. The contact shown is for getting in touch.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

United Kingdom
Sheffield

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to The Cutlers’ Hall Preservation Trust.

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Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 30 September 2021	£213,211	£213,401	—	Accounts for year to 30 September 2021
year to 30 September 2022	£163,493	£246,283	—	Accounts for year to 30 September 2022
year to 30 September 2023	£150,556	£331,959	—	Accounts for year to 30 September 2023
year to 30 September 2024	£328,636	£311,921	—	Accounts for year to 30 September 2024
year to 30 September 2025	£162,586	£317,493	£157,815	Accounts for year to 30 September 2025

Grants paid, year to 30 September 2025: grants paid out in the year.

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.