Craft Centre and Design Gallery Limited

Analysis

Craft Centre and Design Gallery Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Selectapost 3. It was registered in January 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01685289). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Craft Centre and Design Gallery Limited reported income of £114k and spending of £157k, spending 137% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £140k to £114k (-18%), an average of -4.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 129% 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, Craft Centre and Design Gallery Limited sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Adjutant Generals Corps Museum Trust (£114k), Creative Oundle (£114k) and Youth Music Centre (£114k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.