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Registered charity · Manchester

Creative Hands Foundation

Also known as CHF (Charity Commission)

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £2k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Manchester City, Lancashire, Ghana, Nigeria and more
Website
www.creativehandsfoundation.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2009

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£2k£2k
  • 2024£475£460
  • 2023£13k£13k
Earlier years
  • 2022£956£1k
  • 2021£13k£13k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 74%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE VISUAL ARTS AND OTHER ART FORMS IN UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE. TO FURTHER THE MAIN OBJECTIVE, THE BOARD MAY EXERCISE THE FOLLOWING POWERS:A) TO ENCOURAGE, SUPPORT, MANAGE AND ORGANISE PUBLIC EXHIBITIONS OF ALL FORMS OF THE VISUAL ARTS EITHER ALONE OR WITH PARTNER ORGANISATIONS;B) TO ORGANISE WORKSHOPS AND CLASSES TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE ARTS, ESPECIALLY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND PEOPLE FROM DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES;C) TO WORK WITH PARTNERS TO ENCOURAGE, SUPPORT AND ORGANISE ARTS PROJECTS AND WORKSHOPS IN THE COMMUNITY;D) TO ORGANISE TALKS, LECTURES, SEMINARS, MEETINGS, AND OTHER EVENTS;E) TO PUBLICISE EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES THROUGH NEWSLETTERS AND OTHER FORMS OF PRINT AND ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION;F) TO APPLY FOR FUNDING, ISSUE APPEALS AND TAKE SUCH OTHER STEPS AS MAY BE REQUIRED FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROCURING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FUNDS OF THE ORGANISATION IN THE SHAPE OF GRANTS, DONATIONS, SUBSCRIPTIONS OR OTHERWISE;G) TO EXTEND OUR LINKS WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE RAPIDLY EXPANDING COMMUNITIES IN RUSHOLME AND OTHER LOCAL WARDS THROUGH MULTICULTURAL ART AND CRAFTS AND PERFORMING ARTS.H) TO CARRY OUT RESEARCH AND TO PUBLISH AND DISSEMINATE ANY WORK PRODUCED INCLUDING ARTICLES, CATALOGUES, BOOKS, AND OTHER INTERACTIVE MEDIA;I) TO OPERATE A BANK ACCOUNTS IN THE NAME OF THE ORGANISATION. THE CHAIRPERSON, TREASURER AND SECRETARY SHALL BE THE JOINT SIGNATORIES FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENDORSING ALL CHEQUES, DRAFTS AND INSTRUMENTS. ANY TWO (2) OF THE ABOVE THE CHAIRPERSON INCLUSIVE) SHALL SUFFICE. AND TO INVEST ANY MONEYS NOT IMMEDIATELY REQUIRED FOR THE OBJECTIVES IN SUCH INVESTMENTS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT, SUBJECT TO SUCH CONDITIONS (IF ANY) AND SUCH CONSENTS (IF ANY) AS MAY BE REQUIRED;J) TO BORROW OR RAISE MONEY FOR THE OBJECTS OF THE ORGANISATION ON SUCH TERMSAND WITH SUCH CONSENTS AS ARE REQUIRED BY LAW AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT;K) TO PURCHASE OR OTHERWISE ACQUIRE EQUIPMENT, FURNITURE, FIXTURES, FITTINGS,AND ALL OTHER ITEMS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION REQUIRED FOR USE IN CONNECTIONWITH OR FOR THE PURPOSE OF ALL OR ANY OF THE OBJECTS OF THE ORGANISATION;L) TO EMPLOY OR CONTRACT AND PAY ANY PERSON OR PERSONS TO SUPERVISE, ORGANISE, CARRY ON THE WORK OF AND ADVISE THE ORGANISATION;M) TO PURCHASE, TAKE ON LEASE OR IN EXCHANGE, HIRE OR OTHERWISE ACQUIRE AND HOLD ANY REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY AND ANY RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES AND TO MAINTAIN AND ALTER ANY OF THE SAME AS ARE NECESSARY FOR ANY OF THE OBJECTS OF THE ORGANISATION AND (SUBJECT TO SUCH CONSENTS AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY LAW) SELL, LEASE OR OTHERWISE DISPOSE OF OR MORTGAGE ANY SUCH REAL OR PERSONAL ESTATE; AND SUBJECT TO SUCH CONSENTS AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY LAW, IMPROVE, MANAGE, DEVELOP, EXCHANGE, MORTGAGE, CHARGE, SELL, LET OR OTHERWISE DEAL WITH ANY OF THE PROPERTY OF THE ORGANISATION;N) TO PAY NECESSARY EXPENSES INVOLVED IN THE RUNNING OF THE ORGANISATION;O) TO CARRY ON ANY OTHER ACTIVITIES WHATSOEVER WHICH CAN IN THE OPINION OF THE ORGANISATION BE ADVANTAGEOUSLY CARRIED ON BY THE ORGANISATION; AND TO DO ALL SUCH OTHER LAWFUL THINGS AS SHALL FURTHER THE ABOVE OBJECTS OR ANY OF THEM.

Grants received

8 grants · £142,415 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £94,800 (2 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £36,615 (4 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £10,000
  • Forever Manchester · £1,000

Most recent

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £10,0002020-09-23
  • Forever Manchester £1,0002020-04-09
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £6,7202018-11-23
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £49,4002017-06-26
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,9802016-09-22
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

5 trustees on the board

8.8y median 10y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

0
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 5Education/training 5

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£2k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1129887
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION 27 SEPTEMBER 2008
Contact on the register
07525354429 · info@creativehandsfoundation.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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