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Registered charity · London

The Society of Designer-Craftsmen

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £73k (2024)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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
Throughout England And Wales
Website
societyofdesignercraftsmen.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Society of Designer-Craftsmen
Registered
1989

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£73k£88k
  • 2023£68k£47k
  • 2022£45k£50k
Earlier years
  • 2021£80k£48k
  • 2020£68k£16k
Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT AND PROMOTION OF GOOD DESIGN AND FINE CRAFTSMANSHIP PARTICULARLY OF NEW AND ORIGINAL WORK AND FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND ENHANCEMENT OF THE HIGH STANDARDS OF DESIGN AND CRAFTSMANSHIP THE FOSTERING OF PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING AND THE INTEREST THEREIN AND THE TRAINING AND EDUCATION OF NEW YOUNG DESIGNER CRAFTSMEN.

Board analysis for researchers

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.

8 trustees on the board

4.2y median 4y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (1)

8
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 8Education/training 8

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 9Business services 1Hospitality 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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£73k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
328202
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 5TH MAY 1989 as amended on 09 Nov 2020
Companies House
Company number 02380473 · Active
Contact on the register
07531798983 · chair@societyofdesignercraftsmen.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 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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