# THE DECORATIVE ARTS SOCIETY 1850 TO PRESENT

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 271838
- **Other names:** THE DECORATIVE ARTS SOCIETY 1890-1940, THE DECORATIVE ARTS SOCIETY
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Aug. 16, 1976
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=271838


## Contact

- **Address:** PO BOX 136, WOODBRIDGE, SUFFOLK
- **Postcode:** IP12 1TG
- **Phone:** 01865596790
- **Email:** chairdas@gmail.com
- **Website:** www.decorativeartssociety.org.uk



## Activities

**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.

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

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £148082 | £133830 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £122527 | £109205 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £56800 | £65007 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £70269 | £68407 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £40681 | £48123 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Alexander Paul Davidson Werner** (Chair) — appointed July 13, 2023
- Annabel Frances Dunkels CVO — appointed Jan. 16, 2020
- Ashley Hannah Paul — appointed Jan. 6, 2025
- David Ira Wurtzel — appointed Oct. 8, 2020
- Dr Malcolm John Maitland Park — appointed April 22, 2025
- Martin Jeffrey Webster — appointed July 8, 2024
- Matthew Winterbottom — appointed Feb. 5, 2026
- SARAH CHRISTINE NICHOLS — appointed Jan. 20, 2013