# Paper Foundation

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1172250
- **Other names:** CROPPER FOUNDATION, Cropper Paper Foundation
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [10493204](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10493204)
- **Registered:** March 24, 2017
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1172250


## Contact

- **Address:** Ellergreen Estate Office, Burneside, Kendal
- **Postcode:** LA9 5SD
- **Phone:** 01539 726013
- **Email:** tom@paper.foundation



## Activities

**Objects:** 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

**Activities:** 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




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **MARK CROPPER** | Chair | March 24, 2017 |
| ATTOSA CROPPER |  | March 27, 2017 |
| Anna Sophia Catherine Schneideman |  | Nov. 20, 2025 |
| Edward William George Bayntun-Coward DL |  | June 23, 2020 |
| JAMES SHARP |  | March 24, 2017 |
| PATRICK WILLINK |  | March 24, 2017 |
| PENELOPE ANN HYLTON ELLIOTT |  | Oct. 12, 2022 |




