DESIGNERMAKERS CIO — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: CIO
Registered: 30 June 2016
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 5 April 2024 – 4 April 2025
Latest income: £83,883
Latest expenditure: £118,030
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: Yes

Public contact address: 21 St. Nicholas Street, Diss, IP22 4LB

Website recorded by the regulator: www.designermakersCIO.org.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

We organise workshops, public demonstrations, and open access events that teach and promote the practice of traditional and contemporary craft skills.

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 5 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 4 April 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 4 February 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 28 January 2026
Date Accounts Received: 28 January 2026
Total Gross Income: £83,883
Total Gross Expenditure: £118,030

Fin Period Start Date: 5 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 4 April 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 4 February 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 28 January 2025
Date Accounts Received: 28 January 2025
Total Gross Income: £319,929
Total Gross Expenditure: £296,472

Fin Period Start Date: 5 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 4 April 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 4 February 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 29 January 2024
Date Accounts Received: 29 January 2024
Total Gross Income: £22,650
Total Gross Expenditure: £20,109

Fin Period Start Date: 5 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 4 April 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 4 February 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 24 November 2022
Date Accounts Received: 24 November 2022
Total Gross Income: £21,564
Total Gross Expenditure: £26,218

Fin Period Start Date: 5 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 4 April 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 4 February 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 20 January 2022
Date Accounts Received: 20 January 2022
Total Gross Income: £29,430
Total Gross Expenditure: £13,925

04 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 5 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 4 April 2025
Ar Due Date: 4 February 2026
Ar Received Date: 28 January 2026
Total Gross Income: £83,883
Total Gross Expenditure: £118,030
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £1
Income From Government Grants: £47,236
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: Yes
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 10

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 5 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 4 April 2024
Ar Due Date: 4 February 2025
Ar Received Date: 28 January 2025
Total Gross Income: £319,929
Total Gross Expenditure: £296,472
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £1
Income From Government Grants: £144,360
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 8

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 5 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 4 April 2023
Ar Due Date: 4 February 2024
Ar Received Date: 29 January 2024
Total Gross Income: £22,650
Total Gross Expenditure: £20,109
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 8

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 5 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 4 April 2022
Ar Due Date: 4 February 2023
Ar Received Date: 24 November 2022
Total Gross Income: £21,564
Total Gross Expenditure: £26,218
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: Yes
Charity Agreement Professional Fundraiser: Yes
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £1
Income From Government Grants: £2,667
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 46

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 5 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 4 April 2021
Ar Due Date: 4 February 2022
Ar Received Date: 20 January 2022
Total Gross Income: £29,430
Total Gross Expenditure: £13,925
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £7
Income From Government Grants: £19,907
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 4

05 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Suffolk
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Essex
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Cambridgeshire
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Norfolk
Welsh Ind: No

06 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

Classification Code: 102
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Education/training

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

Classification Code: 201
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Children/young People

Classification Code: 109
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Arts/culture/heritage/science

Classification Code: 203
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People With Disabilities

Classification Code: 202
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Elderly/old People

Classification Code: 305
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

07 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: DESIGNERMAKERS CIO
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: CIO registration
Date Of Event: 2016-06-30T00:00:00

08 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: CIO - ASSOCIATION REGISTERED 30 JUN 2016AMENDED ON 04 APR 2018
Charitable Objects: FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO PROMOTE, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION IN, AND APPRECIATION OF, THE ARTS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH THE FACILITATION AND MANAGEMENT OF WORKSHOPS AND TRAINING COURSES IN DIFFERENT DESIGN AND CRAFT SKILLS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN EAST ANGLIA, WITH THE AIM OF ENGAGING THEM IN CREATIVE ACTIVITIES AS A MEDIUM FOR LEARNING.
Area Of Benefit: LOCAL

09 Official extract

Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 566658
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: DESIGNERMAKERSCIO

10 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Complaints handling