BEAD SEW CRAFTY CIO

Registered charity 1198980 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Trustee Chair of Bead Sew Crafty CIO

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:(A) TO PROVIDE RELIEF TO THOSE IN NEED BECAUSE OF DISABILITIES, ILL HEALTH, AGE AND ASSOCIATED ADDITIONAL NEEDS OR DISADVANTAGE IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT INCLUDING BY PROVIDING THERAPEUTIC HANDICRAFT WORKSHOPS AND CRAFT ACTIVITIES;(B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF ARTS AND CRAFTS THROUGH SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT INCLUDING RUNNING CREATIVE HANDICRAFT WORKSHOPS AND TEACHING OF PARTICULAR SKILLS AND CRAFTS.

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

Causes: Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £13,822 for the year ended 31 May 2025, with total unrestricted cash reserves of £23,903. The trustees confirmed adequate resources for future operations and noted a reserves policy targeting three months of expenditure.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• 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
• Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Mamta Gandhichair
• Dr Simon Owen Jarrett
• Sherani Gaber
• Sue Graham
• Suraj Varia

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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