Registered charity · Plymouth
The BOX Foundation
2.1 The Objects of the Charity are:(a) to advance the education of the public within the City of Plymouth, the counties of Devon and Cornwall and worldwide for the public benefit in relation to culture, the arts, history and heritage and the...
- 4 trustees
- Income £39k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th 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
- Cornwall, Devon
- Linked company
- The BOX Foundation
- Registered
- 2019
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£39k£6k
- 2024£56k£10k
- 2023£51k£11k
Earlier years
- 2022£44k£10k
- 2021£110k£96k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
2.1 The Objects of the Charity are:(a) to advance the education of the public within the City of Plymouth, the counties of Devon and Cornwall and worldwide for the public benefit in relation to culture, the arts, history and heritage and the environment in particular but without limitation through augmenting, maintaining and supporting the museum, galleries and archival and related historic facilities contained within The Box Museum, St Luke’s Church, Smeaton’s Tower, Merchant House and Elizabethan House premises in the City of Plymouth, the collections and exhibits contained therein and the educational activities and programme of educational events conducted from time to time therein; (b) to do all such other things as are incidental or conducive to the attainment of these Objects.
Grants received
6 grants · £80,040 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
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £50,000
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £24,990
- The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art · £3,000
- The Headley Trust · £2,050 (3 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
Board analysis for researchers
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 trustees on the board
- Catherine Gillen since 2024
- Dr Patrick Newberry since 2024
- Hamish Anderson since 2022
- Susannah Pomery since 2024
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Catherine Gillen since 2024
- Dr Patrick Newberry since 2024
- Hamish Anderson since 2022
- Susannah Pomery since 2024
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
- 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
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1187138
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 19 NOV 2019 as amended on 20 Nov 2025 as amended on 20 Nov 2025
- Companies House
- Company number 12322934 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01752307367
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th 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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