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Registered charity (CIO) · Diss

Designermakers CIO

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £84k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

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
Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk
Website
www.designermakersCIO.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2016

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£84k£118k
  • 2024£320k£296k
  • 2023£23k£20k
Earlier years
  • 2022£22k£26k
  • 2021£29k£14k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 56%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO PROMOTE, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION IN, AND APPRECIATION OF, THE ARTS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH THE FACILITATION AND MANAGEMENT OF WORKSHOPS AND TRAINING COURSES IN DIFFERENT DESIGN AND CRAFT SKILLS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN EAST ANGLIA, WITH THE AIM OF ENGAGING THEM IN CREATIVE ACTIVITIES AS A MEDIUM FOR LEARNING.

Grants received

5 grants · £211,596 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

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities · £144,360 (2 grants)
  • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government · £47,236 (2 grants)
  • Garfield Weston Foundation · £20,000

Most recent

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government £46,7502024-07-09
  • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government £4862024-07-08
  • Garfield Weston Foundation £20,0002023-08-07
  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities £19,3602023-04-01
  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities £125,0002023-04-01
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.

10 trustees on the board

4.9y median 3y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (2)

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 10Education/training 10Environment/conservation/heritage 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on 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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£84k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1167949
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - ASSOCIATION REGISTERED 30 JUN 2016AMENDED ON 04 APR 2018
Contact on the register
07887562428 · info@designermakersCIO.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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