The Guild of St George

Registered charity 231758 · since 1971guildofstgeorge.org.uk·Sheffield·Updated 29 October 2026

At a glance

£44,918
Annual giving, year to 31 March 2025
From filed accounts
£18,500
Typical grant (median)
2 published grants

Key takeaways

  • The Guild's stated fields are arts, crafts, design and the rural economy, and its grants have included a museum, a drawing project, university-based work and manuscript conservation, so a project in those areas, or one connected to the interests of its founder, is the clearest fit.
  • The annual report shows £44,918 awarded in its latest year and gives no grant range, so ask the contact what a realistic request might be before you settle on a figure.
  • No application process is published in the annual report, its register entry or its website, so start with a short email or call to the contact shown, and present the idea as a partnership, since the Guild says it seeks to work with like-minded individuals and organisations.
  • Grants have mainly gone to Sheffield, but no geographic focus is stated, so this is not a bar to applying from elsewhere.
  • Timing and how many applications it receives are not stated, so expect an open-ended wait for a reply.

Overview

The Guild of St George is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 231758).

The Guild is an educational charity devoted to the practice and promotion of the arts, crafts, design and the rural economy. It was founded by one individual, and its grants still cover a wide variety of areas of interest to that founder and their followers. It also owns and holds in trust for the public benefit a 100 acre land-holding in the Wyre Forest, called Ruskin Land, and maintains and shares an art collection.

What they fund

Priority Areas

The Guild gives grants to organisations and individuals for projects across a wide variety of areas of interest to Ruskin and his followers. Its stated fields are the arts, crafts, design and the rural economy. It works with like-minded organisations and individuals, using its assets, members’ skills and modest resources to create meaningful and creative connections, collaborations and opportunities that enhance people’s lives and add value to society. Its grants include support for a museum, a drawing project, university-based work and manuscript conservation. Alongside grants, the Guild maintains and shares its art collection and works on sustainable development and stewardship of rural land.

Themes

  • Arts
  • Crafts and design
  • Rural economy

Geographic Focus

No geographic focus is stated; the annual report shows grants mainly in Sheffield.

How to apply

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

Application success factors

What the charity says:

  • The Guild seeks to work in partnership with like-minded individuals and organisations.

Where they fund

Where its grants have gone

  • Sheffield

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Grants

2 published grants analysed · median £18,500

The largest grants to organisations in this funder’s latest annual report:

  • Sheffield Museums
    £35,000year to 31 March 2025
  • Sheffield Hallam University: Storm cloud performance
    £2,000year to 31 March 2025

Grant examples taken from the funder’s filed accounts. Not included above: 1 with no named recipient; 1 whose recipient could not be identified.

Five years of accounts

Financial yearIncomeExpenditureGrants paidAccounts document
year to 31 March 2021£139,330£231,480—Accounts for year to 31 March 2021
year to 31 March 2022£141,052£229,894—Accounts for year to 31 March 2022
year to 31 March 2023£273,070£218,379—Accounts for year to 31 March 2023
year to 31 March 2024£167,046£277,683—Accounts for year to 31 March 2024
year to 31 March 2025£176,004£260,792£44,918Accounts for year to 31 March 2025
  • Grants paid, year to 31 March 2025: grants awarded in the year, as reported in the accounts.

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.

Sources

Other sources

  • Annual report (year to 31 March 2025)

This profile draws on the funder’s own website as well as its filed accounts.

Sources last checked on 25 October 2026.

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