LEEDS CULTURE TRUST — grant history

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Latest income

£10.3m

Grants listed (FY2024)

Listed grants total

£633k

Accounts grants total

£633k

listed grants reconcile with the accounts totalextracted from its FY2024 accounts

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JAMAICA SOCIETY (LEEDS) “We are delighted to partner with Leeds 2023 ahead of their work on an amazing year of culture in Leeds next year.”

What this funder supports

Based on the register classifications and operating areas of the grant recipients we could match to the charity register (a subset of all grantees).

Causes funded

Arts/culture/heritage/science (6 grantees)
Education/training (6 grantees)
Amateur Sport (1 grantee)
Environment/conservation/heritage (1 grantee)
General Charitable Purposes (1 grantee)
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives (1 grantee)

Where grantees operate

Leeds City (4 grantees)
Bradford City (2 grantees)
Throughout England And Wales (2 grantees)
Kirklees (2 grantees)
City Of York (1 grantee)
Doncaster (1 grantee)
Canada (1 grantee)
France (1 grantee)
Germany (1 grantee)
East Riding Of Yorkshire (1 grantee)

What changed: FY2023 → FY2024

Grantees that appear, disappear or move by 50%+ between the two most recent filings that have counted grants (unverified reads are left out, so a filing whose grants are all unverified is skipped). A grantee “dropped” may simply have received a multi-year grant earlier.

Change	Grantee	FY2023	FY2024
new	Slung Low - The Magician - Film by Leeds People Theatre with Slung Low comprised of professional and amateur performers	—	£108k
new	My Leeds project - various small grants to individuals	—	£97k
new	TRANSFORM THEATRE PROJECTS	—	£65k
new	No Size fits All	—	£45k
new	Other grants under £20,000	—	£43k
new	EAST STREET ARTS	—	£41k
new	The Performance Ensemble - to support the 1001 stories project being performed at Leeds Playhouse	—	£40k
new	Daily Life Project - Artist Bobby Baker delivered an exhibition titled Epic Domestic at the Tetley looking at the undervalued work Women contribute to households	—	£40k
not listed	Other research and development grants under £20,000	£82k	—
not listed	Slung Low	£80k	—
not listed	Leeds Peoples Theatre	£80k	—
not listed	Rugby League World Cup	£75k	—
not listed	The Performance Ensemble	£40k	—
not listed	Leeds Playhouse	£30k	—
not listed	COMPASS LIVE ART LIMITED	£21k	—
not listed	Daily Life Project	£20k	—

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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Recipient	Year	Amount	Purpose
Slung Low - The Magician - Film by Leeds People Theatre with Slung Low comprised of professional and amateur performers	FY2024	£108k	Film production
My Leeds project - various small grants to individuals	FY2024	£97k	Various small grants to individuals
Transform Theatre Projects	FY2024	£65k	Project delivery
No Size fits All	FY2024	£45k	Project delivery
Other grants under £20,000	FY2024	£43k	Various small grants
East Street Arts	FY2024	£41k	Project delivery
The Performance Ensemble - to support the 1001 stories project being performed at Leeds Playhouse	FY2024	£40k	Performance of 1001 stories
Daily Life Project - Artist Bobby Baker delivered an exhibition titled Epic Domestic at the Tetley looking at the undervalued work Women contribute to households	FY2024	£40k	Exhibition at the Tetley
Leeds City Council - Motus	FY2024	£33k	Project delivery
Leeds Playhouse - 1001 stories project which collated 1001 stories from older people across Leeds	FY2024	£30k	1001 stories project
20 Stories High	FY2024	£25k	Project delivery
Edible Archives	FY2024	£24k	Project delivery
Project Space Leeds	FY2024	£21k	Project delivery
Yorkshire Dance Centre Trust	FY2024	£21k	Project delivery
Other research and development grants under £20,000	FY2023	£82k
Slung Low	FY2023	£80k	The Magician - Film by Leeds People Theatre with Slung Low comprised of professional and amateur performers
Leeds Peoples Theatre	FY2023	£80k	new production between Leeds Peoples Theatre and Slung Low titled "The Good Book" exploring themes around our values, freedoms and what we are prepared to protect and fight for
Rugby League World Cup	FY2023	£75k	Supporting fringe activities around the RLWC including work with Libraries, Schools and Communities.
The Performance Ensemble	FY2023	£40k	to support the 1001 stories project being performed at Leeds Playhouse
Leeds Playhouse	FY2023	£30k	1001 stories project which collated 1001 stories from older people across Leeds
Compass Live Art	FY2023	£21k	exploration, production and community engagement at Kirkgate market to develop a “Leeds Sauce” capturing the essence of the city.
Daily Life Project	FY2023	£20k	Artist Bobby Baker delivered an exhibition titled Epic Domestic at the Tetley looking at the undervalued work Women contribute to households
The Performance Ensemble	FY2022	£105k	support development of 'The Promise of a Garden' project
The Grief Series	FY2022	£99k	support research and development for All That Lives
Slung Low Limited	FY2022	£80k	development of Leeds People's Theatre
David Oluwale Memorial Association	FY2022	£25k	development of sculpture
Other research and development grants under £20,000	FY2022	amount not stated
Transform Festival	FY2022	amount not stated	support research and development of 'Transform 23' Festival
Tutti Frutti Productions	FY2022	amount not stated	support development of children's theatre programme
Yorkshire Sculpture International	FY2022	amount not stated	support research and development of project
Leeds Peoples Theatre	FY2022	amount not stated	new production between Leeds Peoples Theatre and Slung Low titled "The Good Book" exploring themes around our values, freedoms and what we are prepared to protect and fight for
Other research and development grants under £20,000	FY2021	£105k	Other research and development grants under £20,000
The Performance Ensemble to support the development of ‘The Promise of a Garden’ Project: performance, stories, music, dance, life in August 2021 in the Quarry Theatre at Leeds Playhouse	FY2021	£52k	support the development of ‘The Promise of a Garden’ Project: performance, stories, music, dance, life in August 2021 in the Quarry Theatre at Leeds Playhouse
Transform Festival to support the research and development of ‘Transform 23’ Festival	FY2021	£50k	support the research and development of ‘Transform 23’ Festival
David Oluwale Memorial Association to support the development of Hibiscus Rising, a sculpture created by Yinka Shonibare CBE in response to the life and death of David Oluwale	FY2021	£38k	support the development of Hibiscus Rising, a sculpture created by Yinka Shonibare CBE in response to the life and death of David Oluwale
Yorkshire Sculpture International towards the research and development of Yorkshire Sculpture International 2023	FY2021	£25k	towards the research and development of Yorkshire Sculpture International 2023
The Grief Series to support spatial and participation research for the development of All That Lives, production of ‘Funeral’ event and creation of Mexican ‘Ofrenda’ shrine	FY2021	£20k	to support spatial and participation research for the development of All That Lives, production of ‘Funeral’ event and creation of Mexican ‘Ofrenda’ shrine
Tutti Frutti Productions to support the development of Little Live Stories, a testing ground for a city-wide children’s theatre programme in 2023 and to support the development of a children’s theatre partnership consortium	FY2021	£20k	to support the development of Little Live Stories, a testing ground for a city-wide children’s theatre programme in 2023 and to support the development of a children’s theatre partnership consortium
Slung Low Limited for the development of the Leeds People’s Theatre, which is several hundred citizens of Leeds who create large scale, political productions with teams of professional theatre and filmmakers	FY2021	£20k	for the development of the Leeds People’s Theatre, which is several hundred citizens of Leeds who create large scale, political productions with teams of professional theatre and filmmakers

5 listed grants have no usable amount in the accounts (shown as “amount not stated”); they are left out of the grant counts and totals.

About this data

This grant list is extracted by automated reading of the grant-maker’s own accounts PDFs as filed with the Charity Commission, and cross-checked against the accounts’ stated grant totals (listed sum 633407 vs reference 633407 (0.0% diff; ref=stated)). Recipients are linked to register entries only on an exact charity-number or unambiguous exact-name match. If you represent this funder or a recipient and want a correction, email [email protected].