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Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 9
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • All male board: -3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

BRITISH GLASS FOUNDATION

THE BRITISH GLASS FOUNDATION IS AN ENABLING BODY BRINGING TOGETHER ALL RELEVANT AND INDEPENDENT GLASS AND CULTURAL ORGANISATIONS AND PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS IN OUR COMMON AIM TO PROTECT AND SAVE THE GLASS, ARCHIVE AND TECHNICAL COLLECTIONS AT BROADFIELD HOUSE GLASS MUSEUM AND TO ENSURE THEIR FUTURE DISPLAY TO THE PUBLIC, ACCESS FOR RESEARCH AND CONTINUED GROWTH.
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Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why is the Board completely male?

Financial issues to consider:

  • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
  • Income has been volatile recently
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit £k		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£116£106£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£870£901£-32£0£194£610.8452
31/03/21?£51£38£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/20£127£41£87n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/19£171£142£29n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/18£67£75£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/17£218£136£82n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/16£76£76£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/15£20£34£-14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/14£21£12£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/13£20£8£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/12£12£8£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/11*£29£17£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Balance Sheet History
Established: 14 years

www.britishglassfoundation.org.uk

bgf@britishglassfoundation.org.uk

01384 431761

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
John Ellerman Foundation£60,000
Charles Hayward Foundation£20,000
The Pilgrim Trust£20,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to British Glass Foundation
£20,000 29/11/2021
The Museum of Glass at the White House Cone Project - final fit out phase
The Pilgrim Trust - Grant to The British Glass Foundation
£20,000 03/03/2021
27
The Dudley Glass Collection: stemming sick glass disease through conservation and environmental control
John Ellerman Foundation - Freelance Projects Curator
£60,000 21/05/2020
24
Freelance Projects Curator
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£50,000 03/05/2017
Museum of Glass at the White House Cone Project
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to British Glass Foundation
£1,098,000 22/09/2015
White House Cone Museum of Glass
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to British Glass Foundation
£10,000 29/09/2014
Glass Museum Asset Transfer feasibility

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 8/9 persons

Age Range of Trustees:
  • ALLISTER MALCOLM Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Self Employed Glass Artist
  • CHRISTOPHER DAY Appointed: 2022
  • ELLIOT WALKER Appointed: 2022
  • GAVIN CHRISTOPHER WHITEHOUSE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Chartered Accountant
  • GRAHAM FISHER MBE Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Proprietor Of G Fisher Enterprises
  • GRAHAM KNOWLES (Chair) Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Director
  • LARRY PRIEST Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Architect
  • PROFESSOR JAMES SCOTT MEASELL Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Professor
  • WILLIAM FRANCIS FARMER Appointed: 2020
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 02/12/2010, number: 1139252
  • Registered at Companies House on 12/08/2010, number: 07344291
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
13 returns made; AR11: 121 days late,
Main office

Stourbridge Glass Museum
Stuart Works
High Street
WORDSLEY
West Midlands
DY8 4FB

Objectives

THE PROMOTION, ADVANCEMENT, ENCOURAGEMENT AND SUPPORT OF THE CRAFT OF GLASS MAKING.THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS, INDUSTRY AND HISTORY OF THE GLASS MAKING.THE PROMOTION OF ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE ENGLAND AND WALES.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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