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The Rachel Kay-Shuttleworth Textile Collections

Gawthorpe Textiles Collection

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1182054
Status
Registered
Registered
Feb. 15, 2019
Legal form
CIO

Address

Address
KAY SHUTTLEWORTH ESTATES
ESTATE OFFICE
COWAN BRIDGE
CARNFORTH
LA6 2HS

Activities

The RBK-S Collection is housed at Gawthorpe Hall near Burnley. Some items are on display and accessible to the public when the Hall is open. The Trustees' main activity is to look after the Collection and use it for study and educational purposes. Some donated items continue to be accepted into the Collection.Courses and study visits are available.

Objects: (1) To Preserve, Maintain And Protect For The Public Benefit The Rachel Beatrice Kay-Shuttleworth Collection Of Woven, Embroidered And Other Materials, Tapestries And Garments, Books, Objects D'art And Other Articles Together With Any Further Acquisitions Made By The Charity ("the Collection") That May At Any Time Be Vested In The Charity Or In Respect Of Which The Charity Shall Have Any Interest;(2) To Provide A Craft Centre For The Study And Display Of The Collection For The Benefit Of The Public;(3) To Advance The Education Of The Public In The Study And General Knowledge Of Arts And Crafts And All Matters Relating To The Progress And Development Thereof.

Classification

How
Provides Services, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
What
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
Who
Children/young People, The General Public/mankind

Areas of operation

Local Authority
Lancashire

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure
March 31, 2025 £342,202 £243,834
March 31, 2024 £209,278 £177,449
March 31, 2023 £151,212 £150,901
March 31, 2022 £136,936 £122,397
March 31, 2021 £146,636 £115,079

Trustees

Name Appointed
Charles Geoffrey Nicholas Lord Shuttleworth (Chair) Jan. 24, 2019
Ashley Sutcliffe Nov. 12, 2020
Charlotte Steels Nov. 5, 2022
Dennis Mendoros OBE DL Oct. 29, 2021
Georgiana Foster Nov. 12, 2020
Ian Brown Jan. 27, 2022
Michael Millward Nov. 12, 2020
Sarah Rachel Jane Figgins Jan. 24, 2019
Thomas Edward Kay-Shuttleworth July 20, 2023