# REGIONAL FURNITURE SOCIETY

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 297488
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Aug. 12, 1987
- **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=297488


## Contact

- **Address:** Craigmuir Farm, STRATHAVEN, Lanarkshire
- **Postcode:** ML10 6PT
- **Phone:** 07773 863296
- **Email:** liz.hancock@glasgow.ac.uk
- **Website:** www.regionalfurnituresociety.com



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ADVANCE THE STUDY OF THE HISTORY, DESIGN PRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION AND USE OF REGIONAL FURNITURE IN THE BRITISH ISLES AND AREAS UNDER BRITISH INFLUENCE, AND OF CONTINENTAL AND OTHER OVERSEAS INFLUENCES ON BRITISH REGIONAL FURNITURE; AND TO FURTHER PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF IT.

**Activities:** Research and dissemination of history of regionality in furniture design and construction.

**Area of benefit:** SEE OBJECTS




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £32797 | £28259 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £38747 | £40023 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £40317 | £37037 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £33115 | £30052 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £12110 | £22926 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Liz Hancock** (Chair) — appointed Aug. 31, 2021
- Andrew Herbert Noel TREASURER — appointed June 30, 2024
- Echo Godfrey COUNCIL — appointed July 6, 2025
- Finn Koefoed-Nielsen — appointed Oct. 4, 2025
- Gerry Coughlan BOOK SALES — appointed July 9, 2017
- Jeffrey Steven Evans US SEC — appointed June 30, 2024
- Julian Henry James Parker WEBSITE — appointed Jan. 9, 2020
- Linda Janet Hall N/LETTER — appointed Aug. 31, 2021
- Nick Humphrey BURSARY — appointed Oct. 21, 2017
- Rachel Anna Sycamore COUNCIL — appointed July 6, 2025
- Robert Gardiner Williams COUNCIL — appointed June 26, 2022
- Samuel James White — appointed Oct. 4, 2025
- Sara Anne MacLennan MEMBERSHIP — appointed June 30, 2024
- Simon Joseph Feingold COUNCIL — appointed June 30, 2024
- Stephen Nicholas Jackson JOURNAL — appointed July 1, 2018