DESIGNERMAKERS CIO

Registered charity 1167949 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DESIGNERMAKERSCIO

We organise workshops, public demonstrations, and open access events that teach and promote the practice of traditional and contemporary craft skills.

Objects

FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO PROMOTE, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION IN, AND APPRECIATION OF, THE ARTS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH THE FACILITATION AND MANAGEMENT OF WORKSHOPS AND TRAINING COURSES IN DIFFERENT DESIGN AND CRAFT SKILLS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN EAST ANGLIA, WITH THE AIM OF ENGAGING THEM IN CREATIVE ACTIVITIES AS A MEDIUM FOR LEARNING.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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 · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £46,266, which the trustees consider to be within their stated policy target of three to six months' expenditure. The charity reported a net income surplus of £52,177 for the year, driven largely by restricted grants, and confirmed it is a going concern with adequate resources for the foreseeable future.

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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Community Ownership Fund — “Thanks to the Community Ownership Fund and the generosity of our many supporters, designermakersCIO is now the owner of 21 St Nicholas stree…” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andy Simpson · trustee of 1 other charity
• JANINE OXLEY
• Jacqui Petrie
• Kate Welton
• Marco Rayment · trustee of 1 other charity
• Michael James Rae
• Paul Graham Sharrock
• Ross Athol Marshall
• Sarah Joy Francis
• Sonia Browne

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire · Essex · Norfolk · Suffolk

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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