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The Dacorum and Chiltern Potters Guild

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1161265HertfordshireArts, culture, heritage and science
Income£23k2025-08-31
Spending£23ksame year
Spent / received102%5-year average
Size in its cause53rd pctArts, culture, heritage and science
Registered2015CIO
Employees–latest return

Analysis

The Dacorum and Chiltern Potters Guild is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertfordshire. It was registered in April 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and recreation, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Dacorum and Chiltern Potters Guild reported income of £23k and spending of £23k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £4,370 to £23k (+422%), an average of +51% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 303%. Over the whole period it spent 102% 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 Dacorum and Chiltern Potters Guild sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hampshire Choral Festival (£23k), Horncastle Theatre Company (£23k) and The Leathercraft Trust (£23k).

Income and spending

£0£5,884£12k£18k£24k2021 Income: £4,3702021 Spending: £5,06320212022 Income: £17,6112022 Spending: £23,53420222023 Income: £15,8302023 Spending: £14,61320232024 Income: £20,4192024 Spending: £16,99120242025 Income: £22,7902025 Spending: £22,7462025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Other 100%

In the charity's own words

THE CHARITY SEEKS TO PROMOTE A KNOWLEDGE OF CERAMICS, TO SUPPORT THOSE IN PRACTICE AND ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO OBTAIN SKILLS IN THIS CRAFT AT A TIME WHEN FUNDING FOR FOR CERAMIC EDUCATION IS IN DECLINE. TO THIS END IT PUBLISHES A NEWSLETTER , HOLDS LECTURE DEMONSTRATIONS AND PARTICIPATES IN IN EVENTS WHERE THE PUBLIC ARE INVITED TO TRY THEIR HAND AT MAKING POTS ON THE WHEEL.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Hampshire Choral FestivalEastleigh£23k
Horncastle Theatre CompanyHorncastle£23k
The Leathercraft TrustLeicester£23k
The Joint Norley Community Organisations TrustFrodsham£23k