Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 11
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +11
Overall GiG Score: 18 ?

THE CLORE LEADERSHIP PROGRAMME

We aim to strengthen leadership in the cultural sector through short courses, Fellowships and governance development.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive benefits from the charity
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£1,667£1,682£-16£0£1,445£9186.5100
31/03/22£1,320£1,473£-153£0£1,460£9167.5110
31/03/21*£1,136£1,016£120£0£1,613£90910.7100
31/03/20£1,708£1,701£6£0£1,493£6474.670
31/03/19£1,477£1,721£-244£0£1,487£7215100
31/03/18£1,669£1,668£1£0£1,731£7255.290
31/03/17*£1,676£1,454£222£0£1,730£723680
31/03/16£1,501£1,524£-23£0£1,508£7335.880
31/03/15£1,675£1,558£116£10£1,532£4483.580
31/03/14£1,815£1,788£27£9£1,415£4132.860
31/03/13£1,888£1,634£253£7£1,389£412360
31/03/12?£1,203£1,071£132£9£1,135£2612.950
31/08/11£1,868£1,796£72£12£1,004£2641.850
31/08/10£1,686£1,780£-94£12£932£2571.750
31/08/09£2,252£1,922£329£17£1,026£2761.750
31/08/08£2,390£2,336£54£12£697£2551.350
31/08/07£2,068£2,003£66£17£643£1120.750
31/08/06?£1,662£1,438£224n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05*£1,450£1,097£353n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 6%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 23%
Liabilities/Income: 26%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 64%
Reserves/Spending: 6.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 10 months
Quick Ratio: 4
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 20 years

www.cloreleadership.org

info@cloreleadership.org

02074209430

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Colleges and universities
How it operates
  • Provides other finance
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Esmee Fairbairn£488,000
John Ellerman Foundation£38,000
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, UK Branch£33,500
DCMS£25,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, UK Branch - Clore Leadership
£18,000 01/12/2023
Support for the training element of the Diversifying Governance Programme
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Clore Leadership
£200,000 19/07/2023
Towards core costs increasing diverse representation in cultural leadership, with a focus on developing the potential of D/deaf, disabled leaders and those from communities experiencing racial inequity
John Ellerman Foundation - Interventions to support the role of diverse artists and freelancers to impact cultural and social ecology across the UK. Fellowship and Bursaries
£38,000 25/05/2023
Interventions to support the role of diverse artists and freelancers to impact cultural and social ecology across the UK. Fellowship and Bursaries
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Clore Leadership
£8,000 06/02/2023
Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
DCMS - Investment Funds
£25,000 18/11/2021
We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. By 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given the chance to flourish and where everyone of us has access to a remarkable range of ....more
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, UK Branch - Clore Leadership Programme
£15,500 18/12/2020
Support for the Cultural Governance Alliance (CGA) would help it to ensure that boards are equipped to support their organisations and the wider sector in promoting a civic agenda and embracing diversity.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Clore Leadership
£40,000 28/04/2020
6
towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Clore Leadership
£240,000 13/02/2020
36
Towards developing the leadership potential of early career cultural professionals, particularly those who share protected characteristics of race, disability and gender, to ensure the arts sector fully represents and responds to contemporary ....more
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, UK Branch - The Clore Leadership Programme
£19,500 10/09/2019
To develop work with the Cultural Governance Alliance, in order to embed the civic agenda at highest levels of leadership and to promote a culture change in the efficacy and efficiency of the delivery of governance.
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, UK Branch - The Clore Leadership Programme
£10,000 10/04/2018
Supporting the early steps of developing a new Governance Alliance for the cultural and arts sector in the UK.To support the initiation of the Alliance, website development and launch, and a major conference in November 2018.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Strategic Review of Governance Development in the Arts and Museums
£10,000 27/06/2016
12
Co-funding, alongside other grant-making Foundations, of a review of the governance development needs of arts organisations and museums. The aim of the review is to strengthen the governance of arts and museums by identifying (a) resources which are ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Clore Leadership
£10,000 29/03/2016
12
Towards an Independent Strategic Review of Governance in the Arts and Museums.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Clore Leadership
£105,000 21/01/2015
36
Towards extending the programme of short courses for emerging leaders.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Fellowship in Participation and Engagement
£30,000 05/11/2012
Funding towards the third consecutive Fellowship in Participation and Engagement.
Nesta - ACE0259
£30,000 01/03/2012
Clore Leadership Fellowship programme grant to Clore Leadership Programme Grant Ref ACE0259
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Clore Leadership
£20,000 07/04/2010
12
Towards Project costs Towards the costs of a symposium.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 10/11 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 30-70
  • CATHERINE HOLDEN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Company Director
  • DAVID TERENCE DIGBY HARREL LLB
  • DAISY ELIZABETH ROBERTA HALE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Independent Producer
  • DAVID KERSHAW Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Ceo
  • DHIKSHANA TURAKHIA PERING Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Head Of Engagement & Skills
  • JONATHAN ALISTAIR JAMES REEKIE Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Arts Executive
  • KATE ELIZABETH BOOTH Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Executive Director
  • KATHERINE MARGARET ELIZABETH MCGRATH Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Company Director
  • MOIRA SINCLAIR Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Charitable Foundation Ceo
  • ROLAND FRANCIS KESTER KEATING Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Chief Executive
  • SUZANN ROBINSON Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Ceo/Artistic Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 30/07/2004, number: 1105210
  • Registered at Companies House on 24/03/2004, number: 05083008
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR21: 1 days late, AR17: 1 days late, AR05: 1 days late,
Main office

Hat House
32 Guildford Street
LUTON
LU1 2NR

Objectives

THE PROMOTION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF THE ARTS (PRINCIPALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM) BY THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION, TRAINING, WORK EXPERIENCE AND OTHER ASSISTANCE IN ANY FORM TO (A) INDIVIDUALS WHO EITHER WORK IN THE ARTS OR WHO MAY DO SO IN THE FUTURE; OR(B) ORGANISATIONS WHICH DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY PROMOTE THE ARTSWITH A VIEW TO DEVELOPING A NEW GENERATION OF LEADERS FOR ARTS ORGANISATIONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM IN ORDER TO PRESERVE, SECURE AND ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF CULTURAL LIFE GENERALLY WITHIN THE UNITED KINGDOM.

Defined Area of Benefit:

PRINCIPALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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