Registered charity · Keswick
The Robert Ford Scholarship for Creative Design
The Robert Ford Scholarship for Creative Design is a registered charity (number 1184227) based in Keswick, governed by 2 trustees and chaired by Andrew Nicholas Shaun Carey since 2019. Latest income £51k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
- 2 trustees
- Income £51k (2025)
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About
- What it does
- Education/training
- Where
- Kent
- Registered
- 2019
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£51k£115k
- 2024£71k£72k
- 2023£23k£59k
Earlier years
- 2022£51k£70k
- 2021£20k£48k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO HOLD THE CAPITAL AND INCOME OF THE TRUST FUND UPON TRUST TO APPLY THE INCOME AND ALL OR SUCH PART OR PARTS OF THE CAPITAL AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER TO OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE OBJECTS NAMELY:1. TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL AND OTHER SUPPORT FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN PUPILS AT THE SIR ROGER MANWOODS GRAMMER SCHOOL, SANDWICH, KENT (THE SCHOOL) WHO ARE ATTENDING UNIVERSITY DEGREE COURSE IN THE SUBJECTS OF CREATIVE DESIGN, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE SUCH SUBJECTS AS ARCHITECTURE, ENGINEERING, COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY, ART, MUSIC OR OTHER SIMILAR OR RELATED SUBJECTS, SUCH AS FINANCIAL SUPPORT BEING IN RESPECT OF THE DIRECT COSTS OF THE COURSES IN QUESTION, MAINTENANCE EXPENSES, AND THE COSTS OF TRAVEL FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES;2. TO ADVANCE ANY OTHER EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE WHICH IS CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT, EXPRESSING THE WISH THAT IT SHOULD NOT BE USED FOR THE PURPOSES OF CONSTRUCTING OR MAINTAINING BUILDINGS OR ROOMS WITHIN THE SCHOOL ITSELF;3. TO ERECT A BOARD IN THE ASSEMBLY HALL AT THE SCHOOL LISTING ALL THOSE STUDENTS WHO HAVE BENEFITTED FROM THE ROBERT FORD SCHOLARSHIP FOR CREATIVE DESIGN AND THE GRAHAM CLARINGBOLD SCHOLARSHIP.
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.
2 trustees on the board
- Andrew Nicholas Shaun Carey Chair since 2019
- David Newman since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Andrew Nicholas Shaun Carey Chair since 2019
- David Newman since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (2)
- Andrew Nicholas Shaun Carey Chair since 2019
- David Newman since 2019
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves
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
- 1184227
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- WILL PROVED 15 APR 2018
- Contact on the register
- 01768773611 · powehouse@btconnect.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th 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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