Registered charity · Stockport
British School of Watchmaking
- 5 trustees
- Income £782k (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
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Manchester City
- Website
- www.britishschoolofwatchmaking.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- British School of Watchmaking
- Registered
- 2019
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£782k£661k
- 2024£639k£540k
- 2023£650k£422k
Earlier years
- 2022£378k£373k
- 2021£639k£370k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE RESTRICTED SPECIFICALLY TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, KNOWLEDGE AND AWARENESS IN THE SKILLS AND CRAFT OF WATCHMAKING FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR BY:4.1 PROVIDING TRAINING COURSES IN THE SKILL OF WATCHMAKING; AND4.2 FOSTERING, PROMOTING AND EXPANDING THE PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE SKILL OF WATCHMAKING.
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.
5 trustees on the board
- Jonathan Weston Chair since 2014
- Gerard Kerr since 2008
- Gordon William Bryan since 2017
- Robert James Wilkinson since 2025
- Viviane Borges since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- Jonathan Weston Chair since 2014
- Gerard Kerr since 2008
- Gordon William Bryan since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Jonathan Weston Chair since 2014
- Gerard Kerr since 2008
- Gordon William Bryan since 2017
- Robert James Wilkinson since 2025
- Viviane Borges since 2020
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
- 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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
29.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 22.1 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1186365
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 22 JUN 2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13 AUG 2019AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 29 AUG 2019
- Companies House
- Company number 05159742 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01619765650 · James.robinson@bsow.co.uk
- 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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