The Guild of Handicraft Trust

Analysis

The Guild of Handicraft Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucestershire. It was registered in January 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides advocacy/advice/information, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Guild of Handicraft Trust reported income of £130k and spending of £137k, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £115k to £130k (+13%), an average of +3.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Guild of Handicraft Trust sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ramm Development Trust (£130k), The Decorative Arts Society 1850 to Present (£130k) and Poetry London Ltd (£130k).