Trustees’ Annual Report for the period
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Section A Reference and administration details Charity name Corpus Vitrearum (Great Britain) Other names the charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1 1 7 9 9 5 0 Charity’s principal address University of York The King’s Manor Exhibition Square YORK Postcode Y O 1 7 E P
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
| Trustee Name Offce (if any) Dates acted if not for whole year Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee(if any) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Names of the trustees for the charity, if any(for example, any custodian trustees) Prof. Sarah Brown Chair Anna Eavis Prof. Tim Ayers Prof. Christopher Norton David King Prof. Richard Marks David O’Connor Dr Jasmine Allen Dr Anya Heilpern To September 2024 From September 2024 |
Trustee Name | Offce (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole year |
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee(if any) |
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| Prof. Sarah Brown | Chair | |||
| Anna Eavis | ||||
| Prof. Tim Ayers | ||||
| Prof. Christopher Norton | ||||
| Dr Jasmine Allen | ||||
| David King | ||||
| Prof. Richard Marks | To September 2024 | |||
| David O’Connor | ||||
| Dr Anya Heilpern | From September 2024 | |||
| Name | Dates acted if not for whole year | |||
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Section A
Reference and administration details (continued)
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Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (optional information)
Section B
Structure, governance and management
Description of the charity’s trusts
Type of governing document Foundation Constitution (eg trust deed, constitution How the charity is constituted Charitable Incorporated Organisation (eg trust, association, company)
Trustee selection methods Appointed by the trustees and committee (eg appointed by, elected by)
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policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
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the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
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trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
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Section C
Objectives and activities
Summary of the objects of the charity set In summary, the objects of the Corpus Vitrearum (Great Britain) are to advance the education of the public out in its governing document in, and to increase the accessibility and understanding of, Great Britain’s stained glass heritage by promoting the recording, study and preservation of historic window glass, and by publishing for the public benefit the useful results of this research. Summary of the main activities The trustees have considered the Commission’s guidance on public benefit in deciding the activities the undertaken for the public benefit in relation Corpus Vitrearum (Great Britain) undertakes. The main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to the charity’s objects are three-fold: first, the production of published, fully-illustrated volumes on to these objects (include within this section key aspects of Britain’s historic stained glass by leading authorities in the field; second, the maintenance and the statutory declaration that trustees have development of a dedicated, freely-accessed website (www.cvma.ac.uk) hosting an extensive digital had regard to the guidance issued by the picture archive, conservation and restoration information, as well as a wide variety of other resources, including on-theses on Britain’s stained glass heritage; and third, the production of ‘Vidimus’, a digital Charity Commission on public benefit) magazine presenting stained glass-related features, publications, events and news, featuring contributions from a wealth of scholars, conservationists and other glass experts from both within Britain and the international arena. Additional details of objectives and activities (optional information) T You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about: • policy on grantmaking; • policy programme related investment; • contribution made by volunteers.
Section D Achievements and performance Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year Trustees and National Committee The Trustees and members of the Corpus Vitrearum (Great Brtiain) continue to share their research through publication, conference participation and the provision of online resources. Since our last report the Trustees have met twice. Charity trustee Professor Richard Marks stood down from the board in October 2024; the board records its thanks to him for his loyal service. We are delighted to report the appointment of Dr Anya Heilpern in his stead. Professor Marks continues as an active member of the wider project. Dr Lydia Fisher has also joined the committee. Publication Our publication programme continues to progress. A very healthy number of volumes, covering both counties and individual monuments, are in preparation. Professor Mark’s volume Windows and Wills is now (at time of submission of this report in October 2025) in press, with the generous financial support of the Paul Mellon Foundation and the Lincolnshire Records Society. Work on the preparation of the first two volumes in the six-volume series on the medieval glass of Norfolk will soon commence, and is supported by significant grants from the Norfolk Freemen and the Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society. Brian Sprakes’s study of the medieval glass of West Yorkshire, published in 2023, has been awarded the HBA Book Award for Exemplary Scholarship in the Period before 1600. International Colloquium 2024 In July 2024 the British Corpus Vitrearum was well represented at the biennial colloquium and forum of the International Corpus Vitrearum, meeting in Erfurt in Germany. Trustee David King presented a paper and the British committee successfully nominated two young scholars to be recipients of conference scholarships. Website, Archive and Newsletter The transfer of the picture archive and web-based resources of the Corpus Vitrearum (Great Britian) to the Archaeology Data Service (ADS) has (at time of submission of this report) finally been achieved and can be consulted at: https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/collections/ view/1006150/ The project’s freely accessible online newsletter Vidimus has been relaunched with a refreshed appearance and more robust digital platform. The Trustees are grateful to individual donors, its academic sponsor, The British Academy, and the Worshipful Company of Glaziers for their continued support.
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Section E Financial review
Brief statement of the The very limited funds available to the Corpus Vitrearum (Great Britain) to spend freely on its activities
charity’s policy on reserves (currently totally an income of around £5,000 per annum) mean that it is not reasonable or practical to set
money aside as a reserve. The charity’s major and most expensive activities, namely the production of its
print volumes and its on-line magazine, are funded primarily through the securing of grants specifically for
these purposes and the funds are ring-fenced for these purposes only. The limited general funds are deployed
to support these activities at the heart of the charity (for example, to cover authors’ basic travel expenses)
and to maintain the charity’s website. There are habitually more potential demands on the charity’s funds in
supporting these central activities than there are funds available. Claims on the charity’s funds are discussed
and approved by the trustees at bi-annual meetings and by the chair of trustees.
Details of any funds materially in deficit No funds are in deficit
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Section F Other optional information
Section G Declaration
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
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Full name(s) Prof. Sarah Brown
Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Chair
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| Charity Name | Charity Name | Charity Name | Charity Name | Charity Name | No(if any) | No(if any) | ||
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| Corpus Vitrearum (Great Britain) | 1179950 | |||||||
| Receipts andpayments accounts | ||||||||
| For the period from |
Period start date | To | Period end date | |||||
| 1/1/2024 | 31/12/2024 | |||||||
| Section A Receipts and payments | ||||||||
| Unrestricted funds |
Restricted funds | Endowment funds |
Total funds | |||||
| to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | |||||
| A1 Receipts | ||||||||
| British AcademyGrant | 5,000 | - | - | 5,000 | ||||
| Charitable Donations | 377 | - | - | 377 | ||||
| Glaziers’ Trust Grant for Vidimus | - 0 | 2,500 | - | 2,500 | ||||
| Norfolk Archaeological Society Grant for |
- 0 | 1,000 | - | 1,000 | ||||
| ~~N~~ ~~f lk~~ ~~l~~ Norwich Freemen Grant for Norfolk vol |
- 0 | 10,000 | 10,000 | |||||
| Sheldon Memorial Trust Grant for W. Yorks vol | - 0 |
- | - | - | ||||
| - 0 | - | - | - | |||||
| - 0 | - | - | - | |||||
| Sub total_(Gross income for AR) _ | 5,377 |
13,500 | - | 18,877 | ||||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). |
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| - 0 | - 0 | - 0 | - | |||||
| - 0 | - 0 | - 0 | - | |||||
| Sub total | - 0 |
- 0 | - 0 | - | ||||
| **Total receipts ** | 5,377 |
13,500 | - 0 | 18,877 | ||||
| A3 Payments | ||||||||
| Production of Vidimus online magazine | - 0 | 1,652 | - | 1,652 | ||||
| CVMA Website and maintenance | 1,497 | - | - | 1,497 | ||||
| Editorial work on print volumes | - 0 | - | - | |||||
| Design work on print volumes | - 0 | - | - | - | ||||
| Author Research and Photography | 823 | - | - | 823 | ||||
| Administration | 500 | - | - | 500 | ||||
| - 0 | - | - | - | |||||
| - 0 | - | - | - | |||||
| - 0 | - | - | - | |||||
| **Sub total ** | 2,820 |
1,652 | - | 4,472 | ||||
| A4 Asset and investment purchases,(see table) |
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| - 0 | - 0 | - 0 | - | |||||
| - 0 | - 0 | - 0 | - | |||||
| **Sub total ** | -0 |
-0 | -0 | - | ||||
| **Totalpayments ** | 2,820 |
1,652 | - 0 | 4,472 | ||||
| **Net of receipts/(payments) ** | 2,557 |
11,848 | - | 14,405 | ||||
| A5 Transfers between funds | - 0 | - | - | - | ||||
| A6 Cash funds lastyear end | 8,123 | 9,268 | - | 17,391 | ||||
| **Cash funds thisyear end ** | 10,680 |
21,116 | - | 31,796 | ||||
| Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period | ||||||||
| Categories | Details | Unrestricted funds |
Restricted funds | |||||
| to nearest £ | to nearest £ | |||||||
| B1 Cash funds | 10,680 | 21,116 | ||||||
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CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
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| Total cash funds | 10,680 | 21,116 | ||||||
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| Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees |
Signature | Print Name | ||||||
| Sarah Brown | ||||||||
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
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CC16a Last year to the nearest £ 5,000 500 2,500 - 1,000 - - 9,000 - 0 - 0 9,000 1,874 1,049 1,647 1,445 - 405 - - - 6,420 - 0 6,420 2,580 - - 2,580 Endowment funds to nearest £ - -
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- OK Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - - - - Current value (optional) - - - - - Current value (optional) - - - - - - - - - When due (optional) Date of approval 14/10/2025
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