Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 0

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Mainly male board: -1

No supporters identified

Overall GiG Score: 1

PAPER FOUNDATION

Located close to the historic James Cropper paper-mill in Burneside, a village in the English Lake District.Preserve and perpetuate knowledge and skills related to paper and associated artsProvide a living institution for paper devotees and practitionersCurate festivals and events making paper and associated arts exciting and accessible to broadest possible audience

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/12/22	*	£134	£106	£28	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/12/21		£54	£46	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/12/20		£50	£77	£-27	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/12/19		£56	£15	£41	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/12/18?		£20	£6	£14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	1
30/11/17	*	£9	£5	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 7 years

tom@paper.foundation

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Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Grant-making foundations

How it operates

Makes Grants to Individuals
Makes Grants to Organisations
Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
2 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Cropper Paper Foundation (t/a The Paper Foundation)
£0	16/12/2022	Grant of £3,000 awarded through Scoping Grant programme. Paid via Pilgrim Trust/National Archives joint programme Archives Revealed (22871).

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 5/6 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 49-68

ATTOSA CROPPER Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Director

EDWARD WILLIAM GEORGE BAYNTUN-COWARD DL Appointed: 2020, Other trusteeships: WELLS CATHEDRAL PRESERVATION TRUST, FOCUS COUNSELLING (UK) LTD, American Museum & Gardens,

JAMES SHARP Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Company Director

MARK CROPPER (Chair) Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Company Director

PATRICK WILLINK Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Papermaker

PENELOPE ANN HYLTON ELLIOTT Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Solicitor, Other trusteeship: THE FITZWILLIAM MUSEUM DEVELOPMENT TRUST,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/03/2017, number: 1172250
Registered at Companies House on 23/11/2016, number: 10493204

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Conflicting interests
Investment
Risk management

Filing Record

6 returns made; AR22: 15 days late, AR17: 110 days late,

Main office

Ellergreen Estate Office
Burneside
Kendal
LA9 5SD

Objectives

THE ONLY OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:1. TO FURTHER SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE OBJECTS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE, INCLUDING IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:(A) PRESERVING THE SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND ART OF PAPER MAKING AND ASSOCIATED CRAFTS TOGETHER WITH THEIR TRADITIONS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE; AND(B) ADVANCING AND PROMOTING THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN PAPER MAKING AND ASSOCIATED CRAFTS, INCLUDING TRADITIONAL TECHNIQUES, PROCESSES AND PRACTICES; AND2 TO FURTHER SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE OBJECTS IN BURNESIDE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE

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