The Decorative Arts Society 1850 to Present

Registered charity 271838 Registered since 1976

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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Board DNA

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trustees on the board

4y median 2.5y

average tenure

13y

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

5.6y

average years in governance

7 vs 0 portfolio

first-time trustees

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Sector coverage

Arts/culture/heritage/science 8Education/training 8Environment/conservation/heritage 1

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Contact

Website	www.decorativeartssociety.org.uk
Email	chairdas@gmail.com
Phone	01865596790
Address	PO BOX 136, WOODBRIDGE, SUFFOLK, IP12 1TG

Finances

£148,082 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£40,681	£48,123
2022	£70,269	£68,407
2023	£56,800	£65,007
2024	£122,527	£109,205
2025	£148,082	£133,830

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

TO FOSTER AND PROMOTE AMONG THE GENERAL PUBLIC THE KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THE DECORATIVE ARTS FROM 1850 TO THE PRESENT DAY, PARTICULARLY IN GREAT BRITAIN, EUROPE AND THE USA, AND TO ENCOURAGE, PROMOTE, DISSEMINATE AND PUBLISH SCHOLARLY RESEARCH INTO THE DECORATIVE ARTS.

Governing document: TRUST DEED DATED 23 APRIL 1976, AS AMENDED BY SCHEME OF THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS DATED 12 SEPTEMBER 1993, AND ORDER DATED 17 OCTOBER 2002. AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 17 NOVEMBER 2005 as amended on 21 Apr 2022 as amended on 14 Jul 2022

Trustees (8)

8trustees

68median age

0aged 70+

Alexander Paul Davidson Wernerage 68 Chair since 2023
Annabel Frances Dunkels CVO since 2020
Ashley Hannah Paul since 2025
David Ira Wurtzel since 2020
Dr Malcolm John Maitland Park since 2025
Martin Jeffrey Webster since 2024
Matthew Winterbottom since 2026
Sarah Christine Nichols since 2013

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London and Middlesex Archaeological Society 1 shared trustee

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