DESIGN FOR GOOD

Registered charity 1212756 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DESIGN FOR GOOD CIC

At Design for Good, we mobilise a global alliance to design lasting, measurable impact for the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals at a scale only achievable through worldwide collaboration.We are a charity that activates and upskills creatives to design open-source products and services with affected communities, advancing social and environmental good through design.

Objects

3.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:(1) TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY;;FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PART OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF BEING A MEMBER OF A SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED COMMUNITY;(2) TO PROMOTE PUBLIC HEALTH AND TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND TO PRESERVE THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF MEMBERS OF SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED COMMUNITIES;(3) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF MEMBERS OF SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES;(4) TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT; (5) TO PROMOTE SUCH OBJECTS AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES; AND (5) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE DESIGN COMMUNITY* BY OFFERING TRAINING ON DESIGNING PRODUCTS AND SERVICES TO MEET THE CHARITABLE OBJECTS (1) TO (5) ABOVE. * DESIGN COMMUNITY IS DEFINED AS A GROUP COMPRISING DESIGNERS, DEVELOPMENT EXPERTS AND OTHER PROFESSIONALS NEEDED FOR THE DESIGN OF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES THAT RESULT IN SOCIAL GOOD.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Kensington and Chelsea, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a surplus of £111,554 for the 15-month period ending June 2026, resulting in closing unrestricted reserves of £459,678. The trustees consider these reserves to be more than six months of planned costs and appropriate given the current economic climate. The accounts state there are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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.

• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Design for Good (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~6.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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: 10.7% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Benedict Sheppardchair
• Denise Haylor
• Kim Dabbs
• Philippa Ross
• Sandra Speicher
• Sean Carney

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

Operates in: Australia · Austria · Belgium · Bulgaria · Canada · Croatia · Cyprus · Czech Republic · Denmark · Estonia · Finland · France

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DESIGN IN MENTAL HEALTH LIMITED.

• DESIGN IN MENTAL HEALTH LIMITED income £129k
• URBAN DESIGN GROUP income £247k
• DEMAND DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE FOR DISABILITY income £361k
• DESIGN COUNCIL income £3.7m
• DESIGNABILITY CHARITY LIMITED income £1.9m
• BUILDING TRUST INTERNATIONAL income £176k

Side by side with its peers

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