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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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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 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.

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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

2.5y median 2y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
11.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

4
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 4Education/training 4

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Business services 6Finance 5Arts and leisure 4

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.

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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£39k 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
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
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