# SOUTH YORKSHIRE TRADES HISTORICAL TRUST LIMITED

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1093233
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** July 31, 2002
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1093233


## Contact

- **Address:** 75 BANNER CROSS ROAD, SHEFFIELD
- **Postcode:** S11 9HQ
- **Phone:** 01142361471
- **Website:** www.topforge.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROTECT, CONSERVE AND MANAGE INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS, MONUMENTS, MACHINERY AND OTHER ARTEFACTS OF HISTORICAL OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL AND INHABITANTS OF SOUTH YORKSHIRE IN PARTICULAR.

**Activities:** The Trust is constituted to maintain conserve and display to the public the following historical properties:   Wortley Top Forge, Rockley Engine House, Rockley Furnace, Bower Spring Cementation Furnace, Hoylandswaine Nail Forge.  (All South Yorkshire) There is also a collection of historical engines and other machinery at Wortley. Wortley has working waterwheels and has regular guided tours.

**Area of benefit:** SOUTH YORKSHIRE




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Barnsley
- Doncaster
- Rotherham
- Sheffield City



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £25509 | £19293 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £22412 | £12531 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £21501 | £10809 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £34821 | £12357 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £18438 | £13845 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Keith Whitaker** (Chair) — appointed Aug. 24, 2020
- ANDREW JAMES SHEPLEY RENWICK
- Anthony Martin Jackson Ball
- David John Coker — appointed Aug. 17, 2025
- Dr David Edgar Eaton
- JOHN ALBERT COOPER
- Janet Audrey Brown — appointed Aug. 17, 2025
- MALCOLM GAUDERN LAMBE
- MR TED YOUNG
- Stephen Vernon Brown — appointed Nov. 17, 2021