CONTEMPORARY GLASS SOCIETY

Registered charity 1153382 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Promoting contemporary glass to the public and supporting the making of glass work

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO ADVANCE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN, AND APPRECIATION OF, THE ARTS, MOST SPECIFICALLY IN GLASS AS AN ART AND CRAFTS FORM, BY ANY MEANS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT, INCLUDING THROUGH THE HOLDING OF EXHIBITIONS, PROMOTING AND ENCOURAGING THE HIGHEST STANDARDS IN THIS FIELD AND PROMOTING, SUSTAINING AND INCREASING INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF SKILLS, EXPERTISE AND KNOWLEDGE IN GLASS AS AN ART AND CRAFTS FORM FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: West Northamptonshire, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £2,841 for the year, resulting in unrestricted reserves decreasing from £29,745 to £26,904. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The charity's main income source is membership subscriptions, which the Board notes has no guarantee of level but is currently growing.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/07/2023 (received 22/06/2024, 22 days after the 31/05/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

• UWTSD lecturer selected for Contemporary Glass Society exhibition herald.wales · 14/03/2026

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Contemporary Glass Society (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Sarah Brownchair
• Amelia Burke
• Angel Ben Monzon Alvaro
• Cathryn Shilling
• Dr Helen Stokes
• Elena Fleury - Rojo
• Linda Norris
• Wayne Hart

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SOCIETY OF GLASS TECHNOLOGY.

• SOCIETY OF GLASS TECHNOLOGY income £239k
• THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF GLASS SELLERS CHARITY FUND income £72k
• THE CONTEMPORARY ART SOCIETY income £2.1m
• THE YORK GLAZIERS' TRUST income £883k
• BRITISH GLASS FOUNDATION income £366k
• ENGLISH CERAMIC CIRCLE income £48k

Side by side with its peers

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