Registered charity (CIO) · Wellington
The Heritage Crafts Association
- 12 trustees
- Income £594k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Catherine Jan LillieTrustee · since 2025
- Daahir Ahmed MohamedTrustee · since 2025
- David Cowling ClarkeTrustee · since 2019
- Dr Alison Robinson CanhamTrustee · since 2021
- Emma Louise JhitaTrustee · since 2025
- Jennifer ChenTrustee · since 2019
- Jo SealyTrustee · since 2022
- Jonathan Daniel ReidTrustee · since 2021
- Michael OsbaldestonTrustee · since 2025
- Nicola Duncan-FinnTrustee · since 2025
- Robert MurrayTrustee · since 2022
- Simon Eli Sadinsky-HeislerTrustee · since 2025
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.heritagecrafts.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2014
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£594k£458k
- 2024£299k£292k
- 2023£260k£203k
Earlier years
- 2022£181k£151k
- 2021£195k£138k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 6%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF TRADITIONAL AND HERITAGE CRAFTS, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THROUGH EDUCATION, ADVICE AND TRAINING.
Grants received
14 grants · £423,686 total360Giving 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 · £165,306 (2 grants)
- The Leathersellers' Foundation · £107,200 (3 grants)
- Community Foundation in Wales · £68,880 (4 grants)
- William Grant Foundation · £45,300 (2 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £30,000
Most recent
- William Grant Foundation
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.
12 trustees on the board
- Catherine Jan Lillie since 2025
- Daahir Ahmed Mohamed since 2025
- David Cowling Clarke since 2019
- Dr Alison Robinson Canham since 2021
- Emma Louise Jhita since 2025
- Jennifer Chen since 2019
- Jo Sealy since 2022
- Jonathan Daniel Reid since 2021
- Michael Osbaldeston since 2025
- Nicola Duncan-Finn since 2025
- Robert Murray since 2022
- Simon Eli Sadinsky-Heisler since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- David Cowling Clarke since 2019
- Jennifer Chen since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- Catherine Jan Lillie since 2025
- Daahir Ahmed Mohamed since 2025
- David Cowling Clarke since 2019
- Emma Louise Jhita since 2025
- Jennifer Chen since 2019
- Jo Sealy since 2022
- Jonathan Daniel Reid since 2021
- Nicola Duncan-Finn since 2025
- Robert Murray since 2022
- Simon Eli Sadinsky-Heisler since 2025
Portfolio (2)
- Dr Alison Robinson Canham since 2021
- Michael Osbaldeston since 2025
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
4.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1159208
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - Association Registered 13 Nov 2014 as amended on 28 Mar 2018 as amended on 08 Jun 2020 as amended on 13 Dec 2022
- Contact on the register
- 07598712515 · info@heritagecrafts.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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