The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

The Society of Dyers and Colourists

Registered charity 212331 Registered since 1962

Operates: Throughout England, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Cyprus, Denmark, Egypt

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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.

9 trustees on the board

3.2y median 4y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

3.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (1)

0
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 9Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Other Charitable Purposes 1

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on 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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£7.4m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

17.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 20.5 in 2020

56 from 43 in 2020
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

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Contact

Websitewww.sdc.org.uk
Emailinfo@sdc.org.uk
Phone01274761778
AddressTHE SOCIETY OF DYERS AND, COLOURISTS, PERKIN HOUSE, 82 GRATTAN ROAD, BRADFORD, BD1 2LU

Finances

£7,398,054 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£4,947,852£4,500,829
2021£5,957,243£5,023,544
2022£6,526,479£5,528,408
2023£6,476,457£6,066,909
2024£7,398,054£7,108,046

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Other Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE BY ANY OR ALL AVAILABLE MEANS THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE SCIENCE OF COLOUR AND IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING IN FURTHERANCE THEREOF TO DO ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING: SEE ROYAL CHARTER 8 MAY 1963 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.

Governing document: ROYAL CHARTER AND BYE LAWS GRANTED 08/05/1963 AMENDED FEBRUARY 1985, AUGUST 2000 AND JULY 2009

Trustees (9)

9trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (1)

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