Registered charity · Leicester
Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society
- 8 trustees
- Income £14k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Dr Bridget Towle CBE DL BATrustee · since 2015
- Gillian Johnston BsocscTrustee · since 2019
- Ian Richards Johnson BA FCATrustee · since 2023
- Michael John TaylorTrustee · since 2023
- Professor Nigel Wood BA MA PhDTrustee · since 2018
- Professor Sir Kent WoodsTrustee · since 2017
- Richard Graves BA Hons.Trustee · since 2023
- Rob Purdy MBE BA MATrustee · since 2018
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Leicestershire
- Website
- www.leicesterlitandphil.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1995
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£14k£12k
- 2024£10k£10k
- 2023£8k£7k
Earlier years
- 2022£10k£9k
- 2021£8k£5k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE ADVANEMENT OF EDUCATION IN LITERATURE, SCIENCE AND ART
Grants received
1 grant · £40,000 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £40,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
8 trustees on the board
- Dr Bridget Towle CBE DL BA since 2015
- Gillian Johnston Bsocsc since 2019
- Ian Richards Johnson BA FCA since 2023
- Michael John Taylor since 2023
- Professor Nigel Wood BA MA PhD since 2018
- Professor Sir Kent Woods since 2017
- Richard Graves BA Hons. since 2023
- Rob Purdy MBE BA MA since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Bridget Towle CBE DL BA since 2015
- Gillian Johnston Bsocsc since 2019
- Professor Nigel Wood BA MA PhD since 2018
- Professor Sir Kent Woods since 2017
- Rob Purdy MBE BA MA since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Dr Bridget Towle CBE DL BA since 2015
- Gillian Johnston Bsocsc since 2019
- Professor Nigel Wood BA MA PhD since 2018
- Professor Sir Kent Woods since 2017
- Richard Graves BA Hons. since 2023
- Rob Purdy MBE BA MA since 2018
Portfolio (2)
- Ian Richards Johnson BA FCA since 2023
- Michael John Taylor since 2023
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1047498
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION AND RULES AMENDED AND ADOPTED 24 APRIL 1995 AS AMENDED 22 APRIL 1996 as amended on 26 Sep 2022 as amended on 21 Oct 2022
- Contact on the register
- 07484251823 · ian.johnson3091@btinternet.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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