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Registered charity · Durham

Handcrafted Projects

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £2.3m (2024)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 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, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, South Tyneside, Durham
Website
www.handcrafted.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Handcrafted Projects
Registered
2012

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£2.3m£2.3m
  • 2023£1.5m£1.5m
  • 2022£1.2m£1.0m
Earlier years
  • 2021£834k£799k
  • 2020£712k£579k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2024: Government contracts 8% · Government grants 5%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

(1)TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE “SOCIALLY EXCLUDED” MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT ON ONE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYED; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; OLD AGE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS AND POOR EDUCATION OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT.(2) THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT. (3) THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP BY PROVIDING PEOPLE WITH GOODS AND SERVICES WHICH THEY COULD NOT OTHERWISE AFFORD THROUGH LACK OF MEANS. (4) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.

Grants received

61 grants · £1,311,706 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.

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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.

7 trustees on the board

4.9y median 1y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

6
company-linked trustees

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

Accommodation/housing 7Education/training 7The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 7

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 7Arts and leisure 1Education 1

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£2.3m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

1.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 2.0 in 2020

36 from 11 in 2020
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
13%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1146188
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 16 DEC 2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 24/02/2012
Companies House
Company number 07884740 · Active
Contact on the register
01913781562 · info@handcrafted.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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