# LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER DESIGN INITIATIVE

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1051000
- **Other names:** LMDI, THE DESIGN INITIATIVE
- **Status:** Removed
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Nov. 24, 1995
- **Removed:** March 28, 2013
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1051000



## Activities

**Objects:** (A) TO STIMULATE AND PROMOTE HIGH STANDARDS OF VISUAL ARTS, CRAFTSMANSHIP AND DESIGN SO AS TO MAKE AN ADDITION TO THE AESTHETIC AND ECONOMIC WELLBEING OF THE PUBLIC PREDOMINANTLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY WITHIN THE NORTH WEST OF ENGLAND.  (B) TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT IN THE STUDY OF VISUAL ARTS, CRAFT AND DESIGN.  (C) TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT HIGH STANDARDS OF DESIGN IN INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE.

**Activities:** Design Initiative promotes good design, visual arts and contemporary craft from the North West region of England. Design Initiative is a specialist regional agency, which works directly with practitioners and commissioners to expand the market in the North West and make it a centre for quality design practice.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- **Area of benefit:** PREDOMINANTLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY WITHIN THE NORTH WEST OF ENGLAND.
- Throughout England



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2013 |  -  |  -  |  -  |  -  |  |
| March 31, 2012 |  -  |  -  |  -  |  -  |  |
| March 31, 2011 | £331274 | £314012 |  -  |  -  |  |
| March 31, 2010 | £281234 | £247214 |  -  |  -  |  |
| March 31, 2009 | £270809 | £315259 |  -  |  -  |  |