Registered charity · Merseyside

The World of Glass (ST Helens) Limited

9 trustees
Income £369k (2025)

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Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does: Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where: St Helens
Website: www.worldofglass.com (opens in a new tab)
Linked company: The World of Glass (ST Helens) Limited
Registered: 1991

Income and spending

YearIncomeSpending
2025£369k£940k
2024£812k£856k
2023£1.1m£711k

Earlier years

2022£552k£744k
2021£683k£616k

Charitable objects

TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC GENERALLY IN RESPECT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE GLASS INDUSTRY.TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION BY THE MAINTENANCE OF A MUSEUM.TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR LEISURETIME OCCUPATION.TO PROMOTE EDUCATION IN THE SCIENCES.TO PROMOTE EDUCATION IN THE ARTS.(FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE SEE CLAUSE 3 OF MEMORANDUM)

Board analysis for researchers

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

9 trustees on the board

6.1y median 2y

average tenure

15y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Kirsty Pilkington since 2011
Paul Somerset Cousins since 2011

14.1y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (2)

Robert Alan Whittaker Chair since 2024
David Bricknell

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 9Education/training 9Environment/conservation/heritage 9

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Arts and leisure 13Finance 3Health and social care 3

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

incomespending£369k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details

Registered charity number: 1006990
Status: Registered
Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 18 MARCH 1991 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 11 DECEMBER 1991, 3 NOVEMBER 1997, 18 NOVEMBER 1998 AND 15 NOVEMBER 2001
Companies House: Company number 02592450 · Active
Contact on the register: 0174422766 · info@worldofglass.com
Edition: Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels: Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.

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