THE HAND ENGRAVERS ASSOCIATION OF GREAT BRITAIN

Registered charity 1175879 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote the highest standards of craftsmanship, design and commercial practice among hand engraversTo encourage greater awareness of hand engraving among practitioners in other allied crafts; To educate the general public in the craft.Carried out through, though not exclusively:TRAINING, EDUCATION,SUPPORT and REPRESENTATION of the craft locally, nationally and internationally.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE CRAFT OF HAND ENGRAVING THROUGH EDUCATION AND TRAINING.

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

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Latest income

£19k

Latest spending

£25k

Registered

2017

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts for the year ended 31st December 2024 were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit. The examiner reported that accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act, although no other material matters were identified that would prevent a proper understanding of the accounts.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Audit opinion: qualified

“accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or” — page 8

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Governance: accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act

“accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or” — page 8

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
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Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Jeffrey Lassalinechair
Anastasia Young MA
Chih-Ning Li
DUNCAN BAIRD-MURRAY
GRISELDA BEAR
Karen Marion Wallace
Richard Colin Watson · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£19k	£25k
31/12/2024	£34k	£27k
31/12/2023	£30k	£47k
31/12/2022	£50k	£52k
31/12/2021	£43k	£36k

Common questions

Is THE HAND ENGRAVERS ASSOCIATION OF GREAT BRITAIN financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts for the year ended 31st December 2024 were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit. The examiner reported that accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act, although no other material matters were identified that would prevent a proper understanding of the accounts. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	08/05/2012	£35k	"Cut in Clerkenwell - The Tradition of 20th Century Hand Engraving"