Registered charity · London
Adopt A Potter Limited
- 7 trustees
- Income £253k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 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
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Linked company
- Adopt A Potter Limited
- Registered
- 2017
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£253k£294k
- 2024£246k£246k
- 2023£227k£185k
Earlier years
- 2022£180k£196k
- 2021£191k£165k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 10%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (‘OBJECTS’) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:(I) ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF STUDENT CERAMICISTS AT CLAY COLLEGE, STOKE BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR CERAMICS EDUCATION AT THAT COLLEGE. (II) PROVIDING SUPPORT TO ENABLE CERAMICISTS TO KEEP UP TRAINING APPRENTICESHIPS WITH EXPERIENCED POTTERS, THEREBY TO FURNISH THE APPRENTICE WITH PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING. (III) TO DEVELOP THE PRACTICAL SKILLS, CREATIVE DIRECTION AND VISION OF THE APPRENTICE CERAMICISTS THROUGH MENTORING AND DIRECTION FROM THE EXPERIENCED POTTERS.(IV) THEREBY FIT THE APPRENTICE POTTERS TO PRACTICE AS CERAMICISTS AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE CONTINUED GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF CERAMIC ART.(V) DEVELOP THE PUBLIC APPRECIATION OF THE CERAMIC ARTS TROUGH EXPOSURE TO THE WORK OF THE APRENTICE POTTERS AND THROUGH PUBLIC COURSES TO BE HELD AT CLAY COLLEGE, STOKE ON TRENT.
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
- Lisa Jean Hammond Chair since 2017
- Allen Rod Mearing since 2025
- Darren Lee Ellis since 2018
- Elaine Jill Wells since 2020
- Joanna Seaton since 2017
- Julian Miller since 2025
- Lesley Cartmell since 2017
Trustees past 6 years
- Lisa Jean Hammond Chair since 2017
- Darren Lee Ellis since 2018
- Elaine Jill Wells since 2020
- Joanna Seaton since 2017
- Lesley Cartmell since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Lisa Jean Hammond Chair since 2017
- Allen Rod Mearing since 2025
- Darren Lee Ellis since 2018
- Elaine Jill Wells since 2020
- Joanna Seaton since 2017
- Lesley Cartmell since 2017
Portfolio (1)
- Julian Miller since 2025
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
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1173174
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 24 JAN 2017AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11 FEB 2017AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 03 MAR 2017
- Companies House
- Company number 10579527 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07973419128 · mail.adoptapotter@gmail.com
- 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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