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Registered charity · Kendal

Paper Foundation

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £249k (2024)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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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
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Linked company
Paper Foundation
Registered
2017

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£249k£243k
  • 2023£267k£145k
  • 2022£134k£106k
Earlier years
  • 2021£54k£46k
  • 2020£50k£77k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 6%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE ONLY OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:1. TO FURTHER SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE OBJECTS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE, INCLUDING IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:(A) PRESERVING THE SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND ART OF PAPER MAKING AND ASSOCIATED CRAFTS TOGETHER WITH THEIR TRADITIONS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE; AND(B) ADVANCING AND PROMOTING THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN PAPER MAKING AND ASSOCIATED CRAFTS, INCLUDING TRADITIONAL TECHNIQUES, PROCESSES AND PRACTICES; AND2 TO FURTHER SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE OBJECTS IN BURNESIDE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE

Grants received

1 grant · £22,778 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 Science, Innovation and Technology · £22,778

Most recent

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £22,7782023-04-28
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.

7 trustees on the board

6.7y median 9y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

20.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (3)

7
company-linked trustees

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

General Charitable Purposes 7Arts/culture/heritage/science 6Education/training 6Environment/conservation/heritage 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.

Education 10Arts and leisure 5Manufacturing 5

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.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£249k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1172250
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 23 NOV 2016 as amended on 08 Nov 2018 as amended on 09 Dec 2022
Companies House
Company number 10493204 · Active
Contact on the register
01539726013 · tom@paper.foundation
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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