THE ASSOCIATION OF GUILDS OF WEAVERS, SPINNERS AND DYERS

Registered charity 289590 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Main activites of the Association, in support of its aims, are the running of Summer Schools, Exhibitions, other training events, the production of a quarterly Journal and the dissemination of information and resources to its affiliated Guilds.

Objects

(I) THE PRESERVATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF CRAFTSMANSHIP IN HAND WEAVING, SPINNING AND DYEING, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC; AND (II) THE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC AWARENESS AND EDUCATION IN SUCH CRAFTSMANSHIP.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves amounted to £290,010, which is above the trustees' stated target of £170,000. The charity reported a net income increase to £12,757 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total unrestricted funds rising to £301,924. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and financial statements accorded with those records.

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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amanda Lawrence
• Andrea Easey
• Christine Knowles
• Claire Elizabeth Renaut Roberts
• Janet Katherine Gerrard
• Kathleen Johnston
• Lorna Shannon
• SALLY TOPSOM · trustee of 1 other charity
• Susan Barbara White
• Susan Collins
• Susan Miller

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

Operates in: Ireland · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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