MAKE IT SUSTAINABLE LTD

Registered charity 1153298 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Make It Sustainable is a charity that aims to fuel a creative, low-carbon, local economy through teaching, sharing and using making skills and promoting local resilience and cooperation. The Old Print Works is a reinvented historic building providing bespoke, versatile and fun spaces for work and leisure in the heart of Balsall Heath, giving endless reasons to meet, learn, collaborate and grow.

Objects

1. TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY:(A) THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE PRUDENT USE OF RESOURCES;(B) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES;(C) THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REGENERATION.2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN SUBJECTS RELATING TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND THE PROTECTION, ENHANCEMENT AND REHABILITATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND TO PROMOTE STUDY AND RESEARCH IN SUCH SUBJECTS PROVIDED THAT THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH STUDY ARE DISSEMINATED TO THE PUBLIC AT LARGE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MEANS “DEVELOPMENT WHICH MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS.”3. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF HISTORY, ART, ARCHITECTURE THROUGH THE STUDY OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND THEIR SURROUNDINGS.4. TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF BIRMINGHAM AND THE MIDLANDS 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.5. THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT. 6. TO PROMOTE MAINTAIN IMPROVE AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF, BY ENGAGEMENT WITH THE ARTS IN ALL FORMS AMONGST THE PEOPLE, INCLUDING ARTISTS, OF BIRMINGHAM THROUGH THE VARIOUS ARTISTIC EXPRESSIONS, SUCH AS DRAMA, MUSIC AND EXHIBITIONS OF WORK, OF THE DIFFERENT CULTURES WHICH REFLECT THE LOCAL COMMUNITY

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 · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted funds of £(45,978), indicating a deficit in its general fund. The trustees note that without ongoing financial support from trustees, the charity could not function, and restricted funds total £36,131.

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.

• 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/05/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (55% 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: 1.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Adefemi Bolanle Kingsley Adekunle
• DANIEL EDMUND FREDERICK BURWOOD
• Deon Bailey
• Farrah Chaudhry
• IAN GREENWOOD
• Judith Greenwood

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

Operates in: Birmingham City

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