THE DECORATIVE ARTS SOCIETY 1850 TO PRESENT

Registered charity 271838 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE DECORATIVE ARTS SOCIETY, THE DECORATIVE ARTS SOCIETY 1890-1940

The society encourages the study and appreciation of Decorative Arts in Britain, Europe and America from 1850 to the present.

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.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED.

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: East Suffolk, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £10,007 for the year ended 31 March 2026, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £269,241. Per the trustees' report, these unrestricted funds are significantly in excess of the minimum reserves requirement of £140,000. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the Society's ability to continue as a going concern.

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What the accounts disclose

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

Policies the charity declares

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• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds 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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Alexander Paul Davidson Wernerchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Annabel Frances Dunkels CVO
• Ashley Hannah Paul
• David Ira Wurtzel
• Dr Malcolm John Maitland Park
• Martin Jeffrey Webster
• Matthew Winterbottom
• SARAH CHRISTINE NICHOLS
• Tessa Jane Wild

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ARTS SOCIETY, CORINIUM.

• THE ARTS SOCIETY, CORINIUM income £53k
• THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF DECORATIVE AND FINE ARTS SOCIETIES income £1.6m
• THE SOCIETY OF DESIGNER-CRAFTSMEN income £71k
• CALLIGRAPHY AND LETTERING ARTS SOCIETY income £88k
• THE CONTEMPORARY ART SOCIETY income £2.1m
• WELLINGTON (SOMERSET) & DISTRICT ARTS ASSOCIATION income £67k

Side by side with its peers

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