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.

Objects

1 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF CERAMICS2 TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF LAMBETH AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Area of benefit: LAMBETH AND THE SURROUNDING AREA

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

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Registered contact address: Lambeth, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

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

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/08/2023 (received 12/08/2024, 43 days after the 30/06/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• LYDIA PATRICIA LATHAMchair
• Benjamin Gordon Dickey
• Katrijn Van den Brande
• MR TOM CRAME
• Maria Fernandes
• NAOMI PHILLIPS
• ROSEMARY WILKINSON
• Timothy Drewett

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

Operates in: Lambeth

Income and spending

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Known funders

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