Sheffield City Trust is a registered charity in the United Kingdom that owns and/or manages fifteen entertainment and sports venues in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England.
The Trust was established in 1988 with three charitable objectives:
The Trust operates a range of sports and entertainment venues:[1]
The trust formerly managed Don Valley Stadium until its demolition.
The charity is funded via its three wholly owned subsidiaries, Sheffield International Venues Ltd, Sheffield City Hall Limited and Sheffield Festival Limited. In 2005–6 the Trust had an income of £56.7 million, expenditure of £55.8 million and held assets valued at £316 million.[citation needed] It is one of the 100 largest UK charitable organisations ranked by annual expenditure.[2] The current chair of the Trust is David Grey,[3] the previous chair was Howard Culley and before that (1997–2008) was Paul Blomfield.
