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Bluecoat Display Centre

Bluecoat Display Centre is a registered charity (number 1136680) based in Liverpool, governed by 8 trustees and chaired by Robert Alan Whittaker. Latest income £140k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £140k (2025)

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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
Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.bluecoatdisplaycentre.com (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Bluecoat Display Centre Limited
Registered
2010

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£140k£128k
  • 2024£86k£122k
  • 2023£56k£129k
Earlier years
  • 2022£153k£134k
  • 2021£153k£134k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 20%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

A RAISING THE PUBLIC'S AESTHETIC APPRECIATION IN APPLIED ART AND DESIGN; ANDB THE PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL LECTURES, WORKSHOPS AND EXHIBITIONS AT THE BLUECOAT DISPLAY CENTRE, LIVERPOOL OR AT SUCH OTHER PREMISES AS THE CHARITY MAY FROM TIME TO TIME OCCUPY

Grants received

2 grants · £68,090 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £68,090 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £4,8402020-08-12
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £63,2502020-04-01
Board analysis

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.

4y median 2y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

22.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (2)

8
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 8Education/training 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1General Charitable Purposes 1Religious Activities 1

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

Business services 9Arts and leisure 5Health and social care 4

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£140k latest income
58 days
Latest accounts filed after the due dateiFiled after the due dateDate the accounts were received minus the reporting due date, latest filed cycle, Charity Commission register.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1136680
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 20 MARCH 1996, AMENDED BY RESOLUTION 7 JUNE 2010, REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 22 JUNE 2010
Companies House
Company number 03175344 · Active
Contact on the register
0151 7094014 · crafts@bluecoatdisplaycentre.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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