CRAFT CENTRE AND DESIGN GALLERY LIMITED

Registered charity 513457 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The objects of the charity are to stimulate the appreciation of, demand for and production of well designed objects by commissioning, exhibiting and making available for sale such art and craft objects.

Objects

TO FURTHER AND SUPPORT THE PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES OF LEEDS CITY COUNCIL ART GALLERIES ("THE GALLERIES") MORE PARTICULARLY BY ENCOURAGING THE UNDERSTANDING APPRECIATION AND COMMISSION OF GOOD DESIGN. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3(1) TO (22).)

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.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £92,309 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in negative unrestricted reserves. The trustees have concluded that the company is not a going concern and may cease activities unless circumstances change significantly. The financial position is described as extremely challenging, with the board exploring options for the future of the charity.

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.

Year-over-year changes

• Going concern: going-concern doubt noted (FY2024) → not a going concern (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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 policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Councillor Jessica Lennox
• Kayleigh Brooks

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

Operates in: Leeds City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CRAFTS COUNCIL.

• CRAFTS COUNCIL income £3.6m
• THE GOLDSMITHS' CRAFT AND DESIGN COUNCIL income £193k
• THE CHARTERED SOCIETY OF DESIGNERS income £199k
• WHITECHAPEL GALLERY income £3.5m
• THE CREATIVE ART HOUSE income £854k
• HORSEBRIDGE ARTS AND COMMUNITY CENTRE income £233k

Side by side with its peers

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