THE QUILTERS' GUILD OF THE BRITISH ISLES

Registered charity 1067361 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE QUILTER'S GUILD OF THE BRITISH ISLES, THE QUILTERS GUILD · also registered in Scotland as SC043174 (OSCR)

Promoting and maintaining inter alia for the public benefit the art history heritage and techniques of the allied crafts of patchwork, applique and quilting.

Objects

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROMOTING AND ENCOURAGING THE APPRECIATION, KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE ART, HERITAGE AND TECHNIQUES OF QUILTING AND ASSOCIATED STITCHED TEXTILES (HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS " QUILTING") AND TO FORMULATE, PREPARE AND ESTABLISH SCHEMES THEREFOR, PROVIDED THAT ALL THE OBJECTS OF THE GUILD SHALL BE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a surplus of £67,585 for the year ended 31 October 2025, marking a return to profitability after previous challenges. However, the trustees note that free reserves of £399,424 remain below the stated policy target of covering 12 months of operating expenditure, which is calculated at £482,833. The trustees acknowledge that rebuilding reserves to the required level remains a key priority while managing ongoing economic pressures.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Clive Owen LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/10/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~7.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anne Elizabeth Bone
• ELIZABETH INGLE
• Maureen Dawn Masterton
• Melanie Jane Williams
• Philipa Merrill Tanton
• Susan Mary Batchelor
• YVONNE GAIL ROMAIN · trustee of 1 other charity

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PATCHWORK PROJECT.

• PATCHWORK PROJECT income £263k
• THE EMBROIDERERS' GUILD income £167k
• THE GUILD OF HANDICRAFT TRUST income £130k
• THE HERITAGE CRAFTS ASSOCIATION income £594k
• THE ASSOCIATION OF GUILDS OF WEAVERS, SPINNERS AND DYERS income £315k
• THE GUILD OF ST GEORGE income £176k

Side by side with its peers

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