Registered charity (CIO) · West Midlands
The Glass Society
- 6 trustees
- Income £17k (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
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.theglasssociety.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2019
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£17k£29k
- 2024£18k£15k
- 2023£19k£24k
Earlier years
- 2022£15k£9k
- 2021£15k£13k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 17%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY SHALL BE TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC REGARDING (A) THE HISTORY AND APPRECIATION OF GLASS, THROUGH EXHIBITIONS, MEETINGS, SEMINARS, AND ANY OTHER APPROPRIATE MEANS. (B) THE UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY GLASS. (C) THE PRACTICE OF THE CRAFT OF GLASSMAKING. (D) THE STUDY AND COLLECTION OF GLASS.
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.
6 trustees on the board
- Dr Simon Cottle Chair since 2024
- David Robert Willars since 2019
- Donald Russell Christian Hepburn since 2024
- Dr Brian John Clarke since 2019
- Dr James Peake since 2020
- Robert Wilcock since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- David Robert Willars since 2019
- Dr Brian John Clarke since 2019
- Dr James Peake since 2020
- Robert Wilcock since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Dr Simon Cottle Chair since 2024
- David Robert Willars since 2019
- Donald Russell Christian Hepburn since 2024
- Dr Brian John Clarke since 2019
- Dr James Peake since 2020
- Robert Wilcock since 2020
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- 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
- 1185397
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 19 Sep 2019
- Contact on the register
- 07967470346 · drwillars@btinternet.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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