CLAPHAM POTTERY LIMITED

Registered charity 1129048 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Clapham Pottery is a not-for-profit community pottery providing classes and workshops for those who can afford to pay, as in evening classes, after-school classes and family workshops and also for the broader community many of whom can't afford to pay, e.g. the elderly, young carers, children from low-income families, the visually-impaired and adults with compound needs.

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Latest income
£139k
Latest spending
£116k
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £346,343, which exceeds the stated policy target of six months' expenditure. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to continue operations in the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months worth of expenditure (held: £346k)
“The charity should have minimum reserves of six months worth of expenditure.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £95k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Lambeth

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£139k£116k
31/08/2024£132k£123k
31/08/2023£111k£109k
31/08/2022£85k£90k
31/08/2021£69k£49k

Common questions

Is CLAPHAM POTTERY LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £346,343, which exceeds the stated policy target of six months' expenditure. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to continue operations in the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds CLAPHAM POTTERY LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CLAPHAM POTTERY LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2021£50kAdvancement of the arts, culture, heritage and science
THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£30kAdvancement of the arts, culture, heritage and science
THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£18kAdvancement of the arts, culture, heritage and science
THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£10kAdvancement of the arts, culture, heritage and science