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THE BEADWORKERS GUILD

Registered charity 1119734 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Beadworkers Guild is an educational charity. We issue 4 quarterly journals, organise workshops, provide training modules and make our collection available to our members viacascade days held throughout the country.

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

Latest income
£108k
Latest spending
£122k
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £13,945 for the year, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted funds from £211,290 to £197,345. The trustees maintain a reserves policy of one year's expenditure, approximately £120,000, and confirm that current free reserves of £197,345 exceed this target. The trustees have assessed the charity's ability to continue as a going concern and found no material uncertainties.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: one year's worth of expenditure (held: £197k)
“During 2025, trustees agreed to continue maintaining one year’s worth of expenditure in free reserves which equates to approximately £120,000.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£108k£122k
31/03/2024£117k£116k
31/03/2023£109k£94k
31/03/2022£116k£84k
31/03/2021£107k£94k

Common questions

Is THE BEADWORKERS GUILD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £13,945 for the year, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted funds from £211,290 to £197,345. The trustees maintain a reserves policy of one year's expenditure, approximately £120,000, and confirm that current free reserves of £197,345 exceed this target. The trustees have assessed the charity's ability to continue as a going concern and found no material uncertainties. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
The Goldsmiths' Foundation2£5.8m
THE GOLDSMITHS CENTRE1£39k
THE SAINTBURY TRUST1£4k
THE OAKDALE TRUST1£2k
The Ashley Family Foundation1£0

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE EMBROIDERERS' GUILD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE BEADWORKERS GUILD£108k—0unclear—no doubt
THE EMBROIDERERS' GUILD FY2025£167k—0unclear—noted
ART WORKERS' GUILD TRUSTEES LTD FY2025£442k—0above—no doubt
THE ASSOCIATION OF GUILDS OF WEAVERS, SPINNERS AND DYERS FY2025£315k—0above—no doubt
THE MAKERS GUILD IN WALES FY2025£229k—0unclear—no doubt
THE GUILD OF ST GEORGE FY2025£176k—0below—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.