THE CLORE LEADERSHIP PROGRAMME

Registered charity 1105210 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We aim to strengthen leadership in the cultural sector through short courses, Fellowships and governance development.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £123,225 for the year, resulting from a planned strategy to utilize previously accumulated surpluses to fund exceptional items such as office relocation and IT upgrades. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted general reserves of £638,616 remain above the stated policy target of approximately £610,000, covering a minimum of six months' staff salaries and essential overheads.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Clore Leadership (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Clore Duffield Foundation — “We thank our many funding partners for their generous support, in particular our principal funders – the Clore Duffield Foundation and Arts …” (source page)
• Arts Council England — “We thank our many funding partners for their generous support, in particular our principal funders – the Clore Duffield Foundation and Arts …” (source page)
• A-N — “A-N supports visual arts fellowships.” (source page)
• Art Fund — “Art Fund supports Course bursaries for regional curators.” (source page)
• Arts Council of Ireland — “Arts Council of Ireland supports Fellowships for leaders that live and work in Ireland.” (source page)
• Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) — “As part of their Fellowship a selection of Clore Fellows undertake academic research focused upon the UK cultural sector supported by AHRC.” (source page)
• Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation — “Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation is a founding supporter of the Cultural Governance Alliance and supports Clore Leadership governance developm…” (source page)
• Chevening — “The Foreign and Commonwealth Office supports International Fellowships through its Chevening Scholarships.” (source page)
• Dancers’ Career Development (DCD) — “Dancers’ Career Development (DCD) supports Dance Fellowships Bursaries.” (source page)
• Esmée Fairbain Foundation — “Esmée Fairbain Foundation generously supports programmes that increase diverse representation in cultural leadership, including bursaries fo…” (source page)
• The Gatsby Charitable Foundation — “The Gatsby Charitable Foundation supports Theatre Fellowships.” (source page)
• Heritage Fund — “NLHF is a founding supporter of the Cultural Governance Alliance and supports the Clore Fellowship as well as places on our Courses for heri…” (source page)
• Hong Kong Arts Development Council — “The Home Affairs Bureau of The Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region through the Hong Kong Arts Development Council supports…” (source page)
• John Ellerman Foundation — “The John Ellerman Foundation supports Fellowships and Course Bursaries for underrepresented curatorial practitioners.” (source page)
• The Linbury Trust — “The Linbury Trust supports Dance Fellowships Bursaries.” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~4.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (77% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Bengi Unsal
• Catherine HOLDEN · trustee of 1 other charity
• DAVID TERENCE DIGBY HARREL LLB · trustee of 3 other charities
• Daisy Elizabeth Roberta Hale · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dhikshana Turakhia Pering
• E-J Scott
• Jonathan Alistair James Reekie
• Justin Spooner · trustee of 1 other charity
• KATE ELIZABETH BOOTH · trustee of 1 other charity
• Katherine Margaret Elizabeth McGrath
• Moira Sinclair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Suzann Robinson

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

• DAVID TERENCE DIGBY HARREL LLB — trustee here and at THE CLORE DUFFIELD FOUNDATION

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE JEWISH LEADERSHIP COUNCIL.

• THE JEWISH LEADERSHIP COUNCIL income £2.3m
• SHINE@NECHELLSPOD income £186k
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• KOLLEL LEV EPHRAIM income £141k
• TEHILOIS YOEL income £187k
• PUBLISH WHAT YOU FUND income £781k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.