The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Crafts Council

Registered charity 280956 Registered since 1980

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.

12 trustees on the board

2.8y median 3y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
8.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (2)

5
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 11Accommodation/housing 1Education/training 1General Charitable Purposes 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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.

Property 7Tech and media 6Construction 5

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£3.6m latest income
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.

1.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 1.9 in 2021

27 from 47 in 2021
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.craftscouncil.org.uk
Emailfinance@craftscouncil.org.uk
Phone02078062500
Address44A PENTONVILLE ROAD, LONDON, N1 9BY

Finances

£3,615,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£4,175,775£3,761,913
2022£3,827,053£3,918,650
2023£3,788,000£3,974,773
2024£3,532,000£3,444,000
2025£3,615,000£3,623,000

What it does

What

Arts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Children/young PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE AND ENCOURAGE THE CREATION AND CONSERVATION OF ARTICLES OF FINE CRAFTSMANSHIP AND TO FOSTER PROMOTE AND INCREASE THE INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC IN THE WORK OF CRAFTSMEN AND THE ACCESSIBILITY OF THOSE WORKS TO THE PUBLIC.

Governing document: ROYAL CHARTER 20 JULY 1982 AMENDED ORDER OF COUNCIL 20 JULY 1993 SCHEME 13 DECEMBER 1993

Trustees (12)

12trustees
57median age
0aged 70+

Connected charities (4)

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