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Registered charity · Worcestershire

Designer Bookbinders

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £127k (2025)
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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, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.designerbookbinders.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1981

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£127k£110k
  • 2024£176k£142k
  • 2023£98k£107k
Earlier years
  • 2022£86k£90k
  • 2021£76k£74k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

1. THE PRESERVATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE CRAFTS AND DESIGN OF FINE BOOKBINDING THROUGH THE ENCOURAGEMENT EXERCISE AND MAINTENANCE OF STANDARDS; AND 2. PROMOTION OF PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE CRAFT AND DESIGN OF FINE BOOKBINDING.

Grants received

2 grants · £58,715 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 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

6.4y median 4y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

1
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 9Education/training 9Environment/conservation/heritage 9

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

Health and social care 1

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£176k latest income

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
282018
Status
Registered
Governing document
INSTRUMENT AND ARTICLES OF CONDUCT RATIFIED 3RD MAY 1969, AMENDED 13TH MAY 1972, REVISED 9TH DECEMBER 1978, AMENDED 24TH JANUARY 1981. AS AMENDED ON THE 24TH APRIL 1999
Contact on the register
01684438244 · secretary@designerbookbinders.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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