SOUTH HOUSE SILVER WORKSHOP TRUST

Registered charity 1151646 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The provision of vocational training in the fine and applied arts and crafts to persons who are in financial need and the assistance in the establishment of such persons as craftsmen.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING IN FINE AND APPLIED ARTS TO PERSONS WHO OTHERWISE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD SUCH TRAINING DUE TO LACK OF MEANS.

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 · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Shetland Islands, Scotland (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£80k
Latest spending
£74k
Registered
2013
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £6,044.13 for the period ending 31 December 2025, with total income of £79,727.78 against expenses of £73,683.65. Free reserves (bank balance) increased from £30,793.16 to £36,837.29 during the year. The trustees report no financial difficulties and express confidence in the charity's future operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations
“Total Income (includes Donations) 77,060.00”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 2 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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 01/04/2025

  • Volunteers: 2
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 01/04/2024

  • Volunteers: 1
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 01/04/2023

  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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 01/04/2023 (received 07/02/2024, 6 days after the 01/02/2024 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Norfolk · Scotland

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
01/04/2025£80k£74k
01/04/2024£35k£45k
01/04/2023£46k£15k
01/04/2022£2k£19k
01/04/2021£34k£7k

Common questions

Is SOUTH HOUSE SILVER WORKSHOP TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £6,044.13 for the period ending 31 December 2025, with total income of £79,727.78 against expenses of £73,683.65. Free reserves (bank balance) increased from £30,793.16 to £36,837.29 during the year. The trustees report no financial difficulties and express confidence in the charity's future operations. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SOUTH HOUSE SILVER WORKSHOP TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SOUTH HOUSE SILVER WORKSHOP TRUST as a grant recipient include THE SOUTH SQUARE TRUST, DR RADCLIFFE'S TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE SOUTH SQUARE TRUSTFY2023£11k
DR RADCLIFFE'S TRUSTFY2023£6kSilver Space Bursary Awards
THE SOUTH SQUARE TRUSTFY2022£5k
THE SOUTH SQUARE TRUSTFY2024£5kArts Institutions and Organisations
THE SOUTH SQUARE TRUSTFY2021£5kBursaries & Scholarships to Schools/Colleges
DR RADCLIFFE'S TRUSTFY2025£4kThe SPAB William Morris Craft Fellowship 2024-2026

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.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SOUTHBANK ENTERPRISE TRUST LTD..

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SOUTH HOUSE SILVER WORKSHOP TRUST£80k—0unclear—no doubt
SOUTHBANK ENTERPRISE TRUST LTD. FY2025£53k—0unclear—no doubt
BISHOPSLAND EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2025£493k—0unclear—no doubt
THE SOUTHDOWN SCHOOL TRUST FY2025£144k—0above—no doubt
SUPPORTED COMMUNITY BUSINESS (SPECIAL NEEDS) FY2025£325k—0unclear—no doubt
SOUTHPORT AND AREA SCHOOLS WORKER TRUST FY2025£86k—0above—no doubt

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