Registered charity (CIO) · Farnham
The Crafts Study Centre
- 10 trustees
- Income £27k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Nigel Edward WatesChair · since 2019
- Alison Britton OBETrustee · since 2018
- Andrew RentonTrustee · since 2018
- Deirdre FigueiredoTrustee · since 2018
- Dr Cherry Ann Knott FSATrustee · since 2018
- Dr Paul HarperTrustee · since 2018
- Professor Emerita Lesley Anne Millar MBETrustee · since 2018
- Professor Hedley Richard RobertsTrustee · since 2023
- Sarah GriffinTrustee · since 2018
- TIM Parry-WilliamsTrustee · since 2018
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
- Website
- www.csc.uca.ac.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2018
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£27k£23k
- 2024£21k£10k
- 2023£20k£10k
Earlier years
- 2022£30k£29k
- 2021£118k£0
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ABOUT CRAFT AND CRAFTSMANSHIP PARTICULARLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, IN POTTERY, WOOD, METAL, WOVEN OR PRINTED TEXTILES, FURNITURE AND EMBROIDERY (ETC)
Grants received
1 grant · £8,928 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
- Community Foundation for Surrey · £8,928
Most recent
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.
10 trustees on the board
- Nigel Edward Wates Chair since 2019
- Alison Britton OBE since 2018
- Andrew Renton since 2018
- Deirdre Figueiredo since 2018
- Dr Cherry Ann Knott FSA since 2018
- Dr Paul Harper since 2018
- Professor Emerita Lesley Anne Millar MBE since 2018
- Professor Hedley Richard Roberts since 2023
- Sarah Griffin since 2018
- TIM Parry-Williams since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- Nigel Edward Wates Chair since 2019
- Alison Britton OBE since 2018
- Andrew Renton since 2018
- Deirdre Figueiredo since 2018
- Dr Cherry Ann Knott FSA since 2018
- Dr Paul Harper since 2018
- Professor Emerita Lesley Anne Millar MBE since 2018
- Sarah Griffin since 2018
- TIM Parry-Williams since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Alison Britton OBE since 2018
- Andrew Renton since 2018
- Deirdre Figueiredo since 2018
- Dr Cherry Ann Knott FSA since 2018
- Dr Paul Harper since 2018
- Professor Hedley Richard Roberts since 2023
- TIM Parry-Williams since 2018
Portfolio (3)
- Nigel Edward Wates Chair since 2019
- Professor Emerita Lesley Anne Millar MBE since 2018
- Sarah Griffin since 2018
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
- 1179008
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 02 Jul 2018
- Contact on the register
- 01252891450 · craftscentre@uca.ac.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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