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Manchester Craft & Design

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Manchester Craft & Design is a registered charity in England & Wales. Its register classifications include education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science.

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What are the key facts about Manchester Craft & Design?

Reported income · year ending 2025-03-31
£222,355
Reported spending · year ending 2025-03-31
£238,444
Registered charity number
1173366
Status in source extract
Registered
Charity type
Charitable company
Register contact address detail (not service area)
17 Oak Street
Registered for Gift Aid (HMRC)
Yes

Quick answer

Manchester Craft & Design (number 1173366) is listed as registered in the Charity Commission snapshot used here. Check the live register for its current position. Registration does not authenticate a particular fundraising appeal or establish the impact of a donation.

What does Manchester Craft & Design do?

Manchester Craft and Design's activities focus on programmes and audience development events to promote public understanding and participation in contemporary craft and design. These include our exhibitions, public workshops, talent development programme, community events, and educational visits and talks.

Activities reported on the official register · extract 2026-10-04.

From the annual return

Pay, income, Gift Aid and registration details for Manchester Craft & Design

Answers Manchester Craft & Design gave in its annual return to the Charity Commission for the year ending 31 March 2025, plus its register entry. A blank answer in the return is shown as not reported, never as “no”.

How much are Manchester Craft & Design's highest-paid staff paid?

Manchester Craft & Design's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000.

The register reports headcounts in salary bands, not names. Individual pay is disclosed in the trustees' annual report.

Does Manchester Craft & Design receive government funding?

The annual return does not answer this question for Manchester Craft & Design. Check the accounts for grants and contracts from public bodies.

Manchester Craft & Design reports a trading subsidiary — a company it owns that trades and passes profits to the charity.

Can I claim Gift Aid, and are the trustees paid?

The register records Manchester Craft & Design as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration. Work out your Gift Aid

Manchester Craft & Design's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.

Registration details

Registered as a charity
Company number
02572530 (Companies House)
Also known as
Mcad; Manchester Craft & Design Centre
Where it says it operates
Manchester City

Who it supports and how it works

Reported beneficiaries: The General Public/mankind.

Reported activities: Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space; Provides Services; Provides Advocacy/advice/information.

Classifications supplied to the register; extract 2026-10-04. These broad categories do not establish eligibility or current capacity. Use the official contact details to ask about access, referrals and service area.

What causes is Manchester Craft & Design registered for?

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Why is there no Clarity Score for Manchester Craft & Design yet?

Our dataset does not yet contain the detailed filing history needed to score Manchester Craft & Design. An unrated profile is a gap in our assessment, not a negative judgement about the charity. The register facts and available annual-return disclosures above remain useful. Payment never influences a rating. How scoring works

What should you check before donating to Manchester Craft & Design?

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Frequently asked questions

Is Manchester Craft & Design a legitimate charity?
The register data used for this profile lists Manchester Craft & Design as a registered charity (number 1173366) with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Check the current register entry. A real charity number does not verify a fundraiser or appeal, and registration is not an impact rating.
What is Manchester Craft & Design's charity number?
Manchester Craft & Design's charity number is 1173366. Check that number on the Charity Commission register or this CharityCompare profile before you donate.
How do I check charity number 1173366?
Search 1173366 on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register or on CharityCompare. Confirm the registered name matches the organisation asking for money — scammers sometimes reuse real charity numbers.
What does Manchester Craft & Design do?
Manchester Craft and Design's activities focus on programmes and audience development events to promote public understanding and participation in contemporary craft and design. These include our exhibitions, public workshops, talent development programme, community events, and educational visits and talks.
Does Manchester Craft & Design have reviews and complaints?
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Manchester Craft & Design. This basic profile confirms registration and register facts. Rated charities also show a filing-based Clarity Score. For formal complaints, contact the Charity Commission for England and Wales or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How can I donate to Manchester Craft & Design?
Manchester Craft & Design's website listed in our register data is http://www.craftanddesign.com. Verify it against the current register before donating. CharityCompare does not process donations or take a commission; the charity's payment provider may charge fees.
How much is Manchester Craft & Design's chief executive paid?
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Manchester Craft & Design's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000. Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Manchester Craft & Design?
The register records Manchester Craft & Design as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are Manchester Craft & Design's trustees paid?
Manchester Craft & Design's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
When was Manchester Craft & Design registered as a charity?
Manchester Craft & Design was entered on the register on 12 June 2017. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 02572530).

Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales register extract dated 2026-10-04, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Always verify current details on the official register entry.