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CRAFTS COUNCIL

Registered charity 280956 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Latest income
£3.6m
Latest spending
£3.6m
Registered
1980

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£3.6m
Total spending
£3.6m
Cost of raising funds
£265k
Reserves (reported)
£318k
Employees
27

Reported reserves equal ~1.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£3.6m£3.6m
31/03/2024£3.5m£3.4m
31/03/2023£3.8m£4.0m
31/03/2022£3.8m£3.9m
31/03/2021£4.2m£3.8m

Common questions

Who funds CRAFTS COUNCIL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CRAFTS COUNCIL as a grant recipient include NATIONAL ART COLLECTIONS FUND, THE BRITFORD BRIDGE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmount
NATIONAL ART COLLECTIONS FUNDFY2023£42k
THE BRITFORD BRIDGE TRUSTFY2023£15k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund05/07/2023£235k"#DYC Craft for the People"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund05/03/2014£88k"The First Decade (1972-1982): the Crafts Council Collection archive unleashed"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund29/05/2002£50k"The Crafts Council: Making it Yours"