Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 7

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 12

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
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
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	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
04/04/23	£23	£20	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	8
04/04/22	£22	£26	£-5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	46
04/04/21	£29	£14	£16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
04/04/20	£19	£19	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	9
04/04/19	£20	£19	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
04/04/18	£7	£5	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
04/04/17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0

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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

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 works here?

Unknown number of employees
8 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
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

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

ANDY SIMPSON Appointed: 2017, Other trusteeship: THE FRIENDS OF WORTHAM CHURCH,

MARCO RAYMENT Appointed: 2015, Other trusteeship: DOWN'S SYNDROME NORFOLK,

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

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