THE CLORE SOCIAL LEADERSHIP PROGRAMME

Registered charity 1136727 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Clore Social Leadership Programme is an independent charity created as an initiative of the Clore Duffield Foundation. The Programme aims to support aspiring leaders in the third sector who are working for the benefit of individuals and progressive social change in communities across the UK. The Programme recruits Fellows through an open application process.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased by 64% to £1,187,810, while total expenditure rose by 31% to £970,865, resulting in a net surplus for the year. Unrestricted reserves grew to £136,464, which the trustees confirm meets their policy target of covering three months of core operational expenditure. The charity remains financially stable with no material uncertainties identified regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Knox Cropper LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Clore Social 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).

• Arts Council England — “Arts Council England” (source page)
• Barrow Cadbury Trust — “Barrow Cadbury Trust” (source page)
• National Lottery Community Fund — “National Lottery Community Fund” (source page)
• Bank of America Merrill Lynch — “Bank of America Merrill Lynch is a valued supporter of our Emerging Leader Youth Programme.” (source page)
• Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation — “Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation” (source page)
• Clore Duffield Foundation — “Clore Duffield Foundation” (source page)
• Esmee Fairbairn Foundation — “Esmee Fairbairn Foundation” (source page)
• Forces in Mind Trust — “Forces in Mind Trust” (source page)
• Garfield Weston Foundation — “Garfield Weston Foundation” (source page)
• House of Saint Barnabas — “House of Saint Barnabas” (source page)
• John Ellerman Foundation — “John Ellerman Foundation” (source page)
• Paul Hamlyn Foundation — “Paul Hamlyn Foundation” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (85% 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: 7.2% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Vyla Rollinschair
• Annabel Gillard
• CLIVE BERTRAM SPARROW · trustee of 1 other charity
• Gabrielle Jahanshahi-Edlin
• JONATHAN HOPKINS
• Marcel Mballa-Ekobena
• Mila Lukic
• Nicola Kidston
• SIMON FRANK GEORGE MILLER

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

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).