Design South East Limited

Registered charity 1160651 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DESIGN SOUTH EAST, NORTH KENT ARCHITECTURE CENTRE, THE NORTH KENT ARCHITECTURE CENTRE LIMITED

We developed and delivered a range of events relating to sustainable developmentWe helped local communities prioritise sustainable development We continued to promote sustainable development through our process of design review, through which we advised people on how to deliver the best design outcomes for communities.

Objects

1) ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PEOPLE OF ALL AGES BY ENCOURAGING THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE ARTS, ARCHITECTURE AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT;2) PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION AND DEVELOP THE SKILLS OF MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING THOSE WHO ARE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED, BY HELPING LOCAL PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE QUAILITY OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT;3) PROVIDE ADVICE AND SUPPORT TO ENABLE THE DELIVERY OF HIGH QUALITY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC;4) PROVIDE ADVICE AND SUPPORT TO ENABLE THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE QUALITY OF BUILT ENVIRONMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN AREAS OF URBAN REGENERATION, INCLUDING AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION; AND5) HELP PEOPLE ADVANCE IN LIFE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS IN THE ARATS, ARCHITECTURE AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT, PRIMARILY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, IN THE SOUTH OF ENGLAND.

Area of benefit: PRIMARILY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, IN THE SOUTH OF ENGLAND.

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

Causes: Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £67k for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted funds growing to £278k. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, adopting the going concern basis of accounting. The financial position is described as demonstrating successful recovery and sustainable financial management.

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 3 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
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03284438

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• MILLS, Euan — director, appointed 27/05/2025on trustee list
• STILES, John Michael — director, appointed 27/05/2025on trustee list
• CUTHBERT, Helen Louise — director, appointed 27/05/2025on trustee list
• FITZGERALD, Karl — director, appointed 27/05/2025on trustee list
• HYDE, Gemma Lucy — director, appointed 27/05/2025on trustee list
• KEAY, Laura Anne — director, appointed 27/05/2025on trustee list
• MAXWELL, Peter Ingval — director, appointed 27/05/2025on trustee list
• STOCKWELL, Jeremy David James — director, appointed 12/07/2023on trustee list
• COOK, Mary Jane — director, appointed 04/11/2021on trustee list
• SATCHWELL, Hilary Anne — director, appointed 16/10/2017on trustee list
• LAMB, Christopher Antony — secretary, appointed 01/10/2008

Official officers record.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~4.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Mary Jane COOKchair
• Euan Silva Mills
• Gemma Lucy Hyde
• HILARY ANNE SATCHWELL
• Helen Louise Cuthbert
• Jeremy David James STOCKWELL
• John Michael Stiles
• Karl William FitzGerald
• Laura Anne Keay
• Peter Maxwell

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).