Registered charity · London
The Goldsmiths' Foundation
The Foundation’s objects are restricted specifically for the public benefit to the following:- The advancement of technical and vocational education by supporting development of creative, design, craft, and scientific skills in goldsmithing,...
- 8 trustees
- Income £4.1m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Michael Charles Terrell PrideauxChair · since 2019
- Blondel Bernadette Rosceilia CluffTrustee · since 2025
- Diane Elizabeth LeesTrustee · since 2025
- Emma Katherine HimsworthTrustee · since 2023
- Karin PaynterTrustee · since 2025
- Philip SaundersTrustee · since 2025
- Robert Aidan Roche HayesTrustee · since 2023
- Wadham Nicholas Neston DiggleTrustee · since 2025
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, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Arts/culture/heritage/science and 1 more
- Where
- Throughout London
- Website
- www.thegoldsmiths.co.uk/charities (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Goldsmiths' Foundation
- Registered
- 2017
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£4.1m£4.6m
- 2024£4.3m£14m
- 2023£3.5m£4.1m
Earlier years
- 2022£3.2m£4.1m
- 2021£3.6m£5.1m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
The Foundation’s objects are restricted specifically for the public benefit to the following:- The advancement of technical and vocational education by supporting development of creative, design, craft, and scientific skills in goldsmithing, silversmithing, jewellery, and allied trades;- The advancement of technical and vocational education and development of skills, in particular in the creative industries; and- The advancement of such other charitable purposes as the Trustees see fit, in particular, but not exclusively, in the City of London.
Grants given
41 grants · £15,447,151 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 recipients
- London Museum · £10,000,000
- The Goldsmiths' Centre · £2,194,661
- National Literacy Trust · £500,790
- Aston University · £500,000
- St Giles Trust · £499,998
Most recent
- University of Cambridge
- University of Cambridge
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.
8 trustees on the board
- Michael Charles Terrell Prideaux Chair since 2019
- Blondel Bernadette Rosceilia Cluff since 2025
- Diane Elizabeth Lees since 2025
- Emma Katherine Himsworth since 2023
- Karin Paynter since 2025
- Philip Saunders since 2025
- Robert Aidan Roche Hayes since 2023
- Wadham Nicholas Neston Diggle since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Michael Charles Terrell Prideaux Chair since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Michael Charles Terrell Prideaux Chair since 2019
- Blondel Bernadette Rosceilia Cluff since 2025
- Emma Katherine Himsworth since 2023
- Karin Paynter since 2025
- Philip Saunders since 2025
- Robert Aidan Roche Hayes since 2023
- Wadham Nicholas Neston Diggle since 2025
Portfolio (1)
- Diane Elizabeth Lees 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.
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
10.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 7.8 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1175593
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 06 NOV 2017 as amended on 11 Mar 2025 as amended on 16 Jul 2025 as amended on 16 Jul 2025
- Companies House
- Company number 11048746 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02076067010 · the.clerk@thegoldsmiths.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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