The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Woodcraft Folk

Registered charity 1148195 Registered since 2012

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland

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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.

16 trustees on the board

2.2y median 1.5y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

3.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (15)

Portfolio (1)

16
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 16General Charitable Purposes 16Economic/community Development/employment 15Arts/culture/heritage/science 1

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

Hospitality 19Education 2Tech and media 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£1.3m 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.

4.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 19.7 in 2020

23 from 20 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.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.woodcraft.org.uk
Emailinfo@woodcraft.org.uk
Phone02077034173
AddressHOLYOAKE HOUSE, HANOVER STREET, MANCHESTER, M60 0AS

Finances

£1,820,914 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,727,494£914,208
2022£1,672,871£1,857,861
2023£1,251,211£1,549,579
2024£1,269,031£1,457,752
2025£1,820,914£1,874,099

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingEconomic/community Development/employmentHuman Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or DiversityOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Children/young People

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE ORGANISATION ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE EMPOWERMENT OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:1) ENCOURAGING CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY, IMPROVING THEIR LIVES AND OTHERS THROUGH ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP; AND2) PROMOTING THE INTERESTS AND WELFARE OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 06/07/2012 as amended on 13 Jun 2026

Trustees (16)

16trustees
28median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Woodcraft Folk · 08133727 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 06/07/2012

1 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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