MANCHESTER CRAFT & DESIGN

Registered charity 1173366 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MANCHESTER CRAFT & DESIGN CENTRE, MCAD

Manchester Craft and Design's activities focus on programmes and audience development events to promote public understanding and participation in contemporary craft and design. These include our exhibitions, public workshops, talent development programme, community events, and educational visits and talks.

Objects

TO FOSTER AND PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN CONTEMPORARY VISUAL ART, CRAFT AND DESIGN BY DEVELOPING ARTISTIC UNDERSTANDING AND PARTICIPATION IN VISUAL ART, CRAFT AND DESIGN AND BY STIMULATING AND PROMOTING HIGH STANDARDS OF VISUAL ARTS PRACTICE, CRAFTSMANSHIP AND DESIGN BY PROVIDING GREATER ACCESS TO THE ARTS TO 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 · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Manchester, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that expenditure exceeded income during the year, resulting in a net expenditure of £16,089. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £107,775, which are below the stated policy target of £108,000. The trustees acknowledge the financial position and have resolved to refocus the staff structure to increase earned income.

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02572530
• Trading subsidiary: MCAD ENTERPRISES LIMITED Companies House 10143710

Funders the charity credits

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

• Arts Council England — “Thanks to: Arts Council England” (source page)
• Manchester City Council — “Thanks to: Arts Council England Manchester City Council” (source page)
• Central Neighbourhood Team — “Thanks to: Arts Council England Manchester City Council Central Neighbourhood Team” (source page)
• Piccadilly Ward Councillors — “Thanks to: Arts Council England Manchester City Council Central Neighbourhood Team Piccadilly Ward Councillors” (source page)
• Northern Quarter Action Group — “Thanks to: Arts Council England Manchester City Council Central Neighbourhood Team Piccadilly Ward Councillors Northern Quarter Actio…” (source page)
• Northern Quarter Forum — “Thanks to: Arts Council England Manchester City Council Central Neighbourhood Team Piccadilly Ward Councillors Northern Quarter Actio…” (source page)
• Smithfield Residents — “Thanks to: Arts Council England Manchester City Council Central Neighbourhood Team Piccadilly Ward Councillors Northern Quarter Actio…” (source page)
• The National Lottery Community Fund — “Thanks to: Arts Council England Manchester City Council Central Neighbourhood Team Piccadilly Ward Councillors Northern Quarter Actio…” (source page)
• The Radcliffe Trust — “Thanks to: Arts Council England Manchester City Council Central Neighbourhood Team Piccadilly Ward Councillors Northern Quarter Actio…” (source page)
• Fred Aldous — “Thanks to: Arts Council England Manchester City Council Central Neighbourhood Team Piccadilly Ward Councillors Northern Quarter Actio…” (source page)
• The People’s Postcode Lottery Good Causes — “Thanks to: Arts Council England Manchester City Council Central Neighbourhood Team Piccadilly Ward Councillors Northern Quarter Actio…” (source page)
• Garfield Weston Foundation — “Thanks to: Arts Council England Manchester City Council Central Neighbourhood Team Piccadilly Ward Councillors Northern Quarter Actio…” (source page)

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.

• HILL, William Oliver — director, appointed 25/06/2026not on trustee list
• BIRD, Alexander John — director, appointed 30/10/2025on trustee list
• GOODING, Eleanor Margaret — director, appointed 30/10/2025on trustee list
• GARIFF, Naomi — director, appointed 30/10/2025on trustee list
• ANDERSON, Emma Jane Caroline — director, appointed 17/11/2023on trustee list
• BONE, Bernadette Clare — director, appointed 15/11/2023on trustee list
• BAKIRILOGLU, Yekta, Dr — director, appointed 15/11/2023not on trustee list
• EVANS, Martyn David, Professor — director, appointed 16/02/2022on trustee list
• ANWAR, Shiraz Raffi — director, appointed 17/11/2021on trustee list
• WOODWARD, Michael John — director, appointed 17/11/2021on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alexander John Bird
• Bernadette Clare Bone
• Dr Yekta Bakirlioglu
• Eleanor Margaret Gooding
• Emma Jane Caroline Anderson
• Martyn David Evans
• Michael John Woodward
• Naomi Gariff
• Shiraz Anwar
• Toby Sproll

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

Operates in: Manchester City

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ARTS AND CRAFTS COMMUNITY CENTRE.

• ARTS AND CRAFTS COMMUNITY CENTRE income £40k
• CRAFT CENTRE AND DESIGN GALLERY LIMITED income £114k
• MANCHESTER COLLECTIVE income £714k
• CRAFTS COUNCIL income £3.6m
• CREATE ARTS DEVELOPMENT LTD. income £28k
• DESIGNERMAKERS CIO income £29k

Side by side with its peers

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