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Registered charity (CIO) · Carnforth

The Rachel KAY-Shuttleworth Textile Collections

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £342k (2025)
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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
Lancashire
Website
www.gawthorpetextiles.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2019

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£342k£244k
  • 2024£209k£177k
  • 2023£151k£151k
Earlier years
  • 2022£137k£122k
  • 2021£147k£115k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 71%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

(1) TO PRESERVE, MAINTAIN AND PROTECT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE RACHEL BEATRICE KAY-SHUTTLEWORTH COLLECTION OF WOVEN, EMBROIDERED AND OTHER MATERIALS, TAPESTRIES AND GARMENTS, BOOKS, OBJECTS D'ART AND OTHER ARTICLES TOGETHER WITH ANY FURTHER ACQUISITIONS MADE BY THE CHARITY ("THE COLLECTION") THAT MAY AT ANY TIME BE VESTED IN THE CHARITY OR IN RESPECT OF WHICH THE CHARITY SHALL HAVE ANY INTEREST;(2) TO PROVIDE A CRAFT CENTRE FOR THE STUDY AND DISPLAY OF THE COLLECTION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC;(3) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE STUDY AND GENERAL KNOWLEDGE OF ARTS AND CRAFTS AND ALL MATTERS RELATING TO THE PROGRESS AND DEVELOPMENT THEREOF.

Grants received

6 grants · £483,450 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

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £249,541
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £138,880 (2 grants)
  • The Headley Trust · £60,227
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £19,802
  • Garfield Weston Foundation · £15,000

Most recent

  • The Headley Trust £60,2272025-05-08
  • Garfield Weston Foundation £15,0002022-12-09
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £249,5412022-07-19
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £19,8022021-03-12
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £99,2002021-03-12
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.

4.4y median 5y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (4)

0
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 11Arts/culture/heritage/science 10Environment/conservation/heritage 2General Charitable Purposes 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on 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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£342k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1182054
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 15 Feb 2019
Contact on the register
01524271445 · info@gawthorpetextiles.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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