The Clore Leadership Programme

Analysis

The Clore Leadership Programme is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Luton. It was registered in July 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05083008). It says it provides other finance, provides services and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Clore Leadership Programme reported income of £1.5m and spending of £1.7m, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.1m to £1.5m (+36%), an average of +7.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Clore Leadership Programme sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Raven Row (£1.5m), Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru (£1.5m) and The Davis Foundation (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 77%, donations and legacies 21% and investments 2.5%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £639k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 12 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.