HANDCRAFTED PROJECTS

Registered charity 1146188 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HANDCRAFTED

Our training in woodwork, catering and house renovation is tailored to enable each and every individual to achieve their goals.We help disadvantaged people find their ideal job or start their own enterprises.We bring people excluded from society into a creative community.We also serve people in need in the North East by providing supported accommodation and affordable goods and services.

Objects

(1)TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE “SOCIALLY EXCLUDED” MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT ON ONE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYED; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; OLD AGE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS AND POOR EDUCATION OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT.(2) THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT. (3) THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP BY PROVIDING PEOPLE WITH GOODS AND SERVICES WHICH THEY COULD NOT OTHERWISE AFFORD THROUGH LACK OF MEANS. (4) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.

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

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: County Durham, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £5,660 for the year, resulting in total funds of £291,396 at year-end. The trustees' report indicates that reserves are currently below the stated policy target, with cash holding only 0.7 months of baseline expenditure against a target of 2 months. The charity plans to grow income streams through housing and training to reach its financial targets by 2027.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Sumer Auditco Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "above" (FY2023) to "below" (FY2024).

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Handcrafted Projects (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Charlotte Clarke — Chair (source)
• Dan Northover — Chief Executive Officer (source)
• Jack Perrin — Strategic Finance Director (source)
• Stacey Nicholas — Director for Young People (source)
• John Hinton — Director for Hubs & Housing (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Property (HM Land Registry)

37 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (25 freehold); recorded price paid £2.5m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (90% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Chernise Hui Min Neo
• Dr PAUL MORLEY
• Emily Carter
• Frances Njovana
• Karen Bianchi
• NORMAN URWIN
• Professor Charlotte Laura Clarke
• Professor Thomas Bolton Ward

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

Operates in: Durham · Gateshead · Newcastle Upon Tyne City · South Tyneside

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

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

• ORGANICARTS income £73k
• PHASES SOCIAL ENTERPRISE income £170k
• NHANCED COMMUNITIES income £182k
• IPSWICH FURNITURE PROJECT income £622k
• COMMUNITIES AND HOUSING INVESTMENT IN PEOPLE income £261k
• SUPPORTED COMMUNITY BUSINESS (SPECIAL NEEDS) income £325k

Side by side with its peers

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