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Registered charity · Manchester

Manchester Craft & Design

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £222k (2025)
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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, Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Manchester City
Website
www.craftanddesign.com (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Manchester Craft and Design
Registered
2017

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£222k£238k
  • 2024£227k£226k
  • 2023£199k£250k
Earlier years
  • 2022£237k£216k
  • 2021£244k£210k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 3%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO FOSTER AND PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN CONTEMPORARY VISUAL ART, CRAFT AND DESIGN BY DEVELOPING ARTISTIC UNDERSTANDING AND PARTICIPATION IN VISUAL ART, CRAFT AND DESIGN AND BY STIMULATING AND PROMOTING HIGH STANDARDS OF VISUAL ARTS PRACTICE, CRAFTSMANSHIP AND DESIGN BY PROVIDING GREATER ACCESS TO THE ARTS TO THE PUBLIC.

Grants received

8 grants · £223,996 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 Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £162,944 (2 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £29,270 (3 grants)
  • Garfield Weston Foundation · £25,000 (2 grants)
  • Postcode Neighbourhood Trust · £6,782

Most recent

  • Garfield Weston Foundation £10,0002025-11-06
  • Garfield Weston Foundation £15,0002024-04-10
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,5002023-07-07
  • Postcode Neighbourhood Trust £6,7822023-05-01
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £81,4722021-12-13
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

2.7y median 3y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
10.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

9
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 10

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

Arts and leisure 15Other services 1Professional services 1

Gaps to watch

  • 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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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£222k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1173366
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 09 JAN 1991AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 25 SEP 2003AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 25 OCT 2003AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10 FEB 2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 09 MAR 2016
Companies House
Company number 02572530 · Active
Contact on the register
01618324274
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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