# CONTEMPORARY BRITISH SILVERSMITHS CHARITY

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1194900
- **Other names:** CBS CHARITY
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** June 22, 2021
- **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=1194900


## Contact

- **Address:** c/o Chris Knight, PERSISTENCE WORKS, 21 BROWN STREET, SHEFFIELD
- **Postcode:** S1 2BS
- **Phone:** 07931 524272
- **Email:** admin@CBSCharity.com



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO ADVANCE, MAINTAIN AND DEVELOP ART, CRAFT, DESIGN AND ARTISAN SKILLS RELATING PRIMARILY TO SILVERSMITHING, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE FOSTERING, PROMOTION AND EXPANSION OF THE INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC IN SUCH ART, CRAFT, DESIGN AND ARTISAN SKILLS.SILVERSMITHING IS DEFINED AS THE CREATION OF WROUGHT ARTICLES, TYPICALLY IN SILVER OR ITS ALLIED MATERIALS, NOT GENERALLY TO BE WORN ON THE BODY BUT INSTEAD ARTICLES OF A SCULPTURAL OR UTILITARIAN NATURE WHICH ARE PREDOMINATELY DESIGNED AND CREATED BY HAND OR THROUGH MECHANISED TECHNIQUES TO CREATE UNIQUE OBJECTS.NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.

**Activities:** The CBS Charity will focus on encouraging and improving the craft and preserving the artistry of silversmithing. For the purposes of the Charity silversmithing is defined as the creation of wrought articles, typically in silver or its allied materials, not generally to be worn on the body. The CIO will run professional development and training courses in connection with silversmithing.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Ashley Peter Pover** | Chair | Sept. 2, 2021 |
| Christopher Andrew Damien Knight |  | June 23, 2021 |
| James Dougall |  | July 25, 2023 |
| Joanne Fleming |  | Dec. 19, 2022 |
| John O&#x27;Loughlin |  | Oct. 19, 2022 |
| Louise Newton |  | June 1, 2023 |
| Nichole Karen Herbert Wood |  | Aug. 24, 2023 |




