The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Bernard Leach (ST Ives) Trust Limited

Registered charity 1111263 Registered since 2005

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

10 trustees on the board

3.8y median 3.5y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (1)

9
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 10Education/training 10Environment/conservation/heritage 10

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 13Education 5Finance 2

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£8.4m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

5.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 10.8 in 2021

25 from 16 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.leachpottery.com
Emailoffice@leachpottery.com
Phone01736799703
AddressLEACH POTTERY, HIGHER STENNACK, ST. IVES, TR26 2HE

Finances

£8,361,491 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£723,926£597,520
2022£757,206£723,735
2023£828,423£724,158
2024£1,701,106£897,793
2025£8,361,491£848,353

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN CORNWALL AND ELSEWHERE IN THE LIFE AND WORK OF BERNARD LEACH, HIS INFLUENCE ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CERAMIC ARTS AND IN PARTICULAR STUDIO POTTERY AND TO PRESERVE AND MAINTAIN HIS FORMER HOUSE AND WORK PLACE AT HIGHER STENNACK, ST IVES TO HOUSE AND DISPLAY EXAMPLES OF HIS WORK AND THOSE OF OTHERS WHOSE WORK IN THE TRUSTEES' OPINION MAY APPROPRIATELY BE DISPLAYED WITH THE WORKS OF BERNARD LEACH AND TO TRAIN PEOPLE IN THE ART, CRAFT AND MANUFACTURE OF POTTERY AND RELATED SKILLS AND INCREASE THE APPRECIATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE CERAMIC ARTS.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 22 FEBRUARY 2005.

Trustees (10)

10trustees
55median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Bernard Leach (ST Ives) Trust Limited · 05372378 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 22/02/2005

1 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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