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Finance Score: 7
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 8
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 18 ?

DESIGNERMAKERS CIO

We organise workshops, public demonstrations, and open access events that teach and promote the practice of traditional and contemporary craft skills.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit £k		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
04/04/23£23£20£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
04/04/22£22£26£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
04/04/21£29£14£16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
04/04/20£19£19£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
04/04/19£20£19£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
04/04/18£7£5£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
04/04/17£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 8 years

www.designermakersCIO.org.uk

info@designermakersCIO.org.uk

07887562428

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 07/08/2023
Building purchase and essential building repairs
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£50,000 28/04/2023
towards purchasing the organisation's building housing crafts, galleries and workshop spaces

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ANDRE SLOOS Appointed: 2017
  • ANDY SIMPSON Appointed: 2017
  • CHRISTOPHER CHARLES HOLDEN Appointed: 2018
  • GERALDINE LEEDER Appointed: 2017
  • JANINE OXLEY Appointed: 2015
  • JEAN GROCOTT Appointed: 2015
  • JACQUI PETRIE Appointed: 2018
  • KATE WELTON Appointed: 2021
  • MARCO RAYMENT Appointed: 2015
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 30/06/2016, number: 1167949
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
7 returns made; all on time
Main office

21 St. Nicholas Street
Diss
IP22 4LB

Objectives

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.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LOCAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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