Registered charity · West Midlands
British Glass Foundation
- 9 trustees
- Income £366k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Graham KnowlesChair
- Allister MalcolmTrustee · since 2013
- Christopher DayTrustee · since 2022
- Elliot WalkerTrustee · since 2022
- Gavin Christopher WhitehouseTrustee · since 2019
- Graham Fisher MBETrustee · since 2013
- Larry PriestTrustee · since 2022
- Professor James Scott MeasellTrustee · since 2019
- William Francis FarmerTrustee · since 2020
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.britishglassfoundation.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- British Glass Foundation
- Registered
- 2010
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£366k£316k
- 2024£146k£145k
- 2023£116k£106k
Earlier years
- 2022£870k£901k
- 2021£51k£38k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 21%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE PROMOTION, ADVANCEMENT, ENCOURAGEMENT AND SUPPORT OF THE CRAFT OF GLASS MAKING.THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS, INDUSTRY AND HISTORY OF THE GLASS MAKING.THE PROMOTION OF ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.
Grants received
4 grants · £1,544,184 total360Giving 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
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £1,434,184 (2 grants)
- John Ellerman Foundation · £60,000
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £50,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Graham Knowles Chair
- Allister Malcolm since 2013
- Christopher Day since 2022
- Elliot Walker since 2022
- Gavin Christopher Whitehouse since 2019
- Graham Fisher MBE since 2013
- Larry Priest since 2022
- Professor James Scott Measell since 2019
- William Francis Farmer since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- Allister Malcolm since 2013
- Gavin Christopher Whitehouse since 2019
- Graham Fisher MBE since 2013
- Professor James Scott Measell since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Allister Malcolm since 2013
- Christopher Day since 2022
- Elliot Walker since 2022
- Graham Fisher MBE since 2013
- Larry Priest since 2022
- Professor James Scott Measell since 2019
- William Francis Farmer since 2020
Portfolio (2)
- Graham Knowles Chair
- Gavin Christopher Whitehouse since 2019
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1139252
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 12 AUGUST 2010 as amended on 08 Dec 2020
- Companies House
- Company number 07344291 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01384 431761 · bgf@britishglassfoundation.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th 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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