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The David Lean Foundation

  • 3 trustees
  • Income £202k (2024)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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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
Throughout England
Registered
1997

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£202k£271k
  • 2023£167k£230k
  • 2022£223k£98k
Earlier years
  • 2021£251k£196k
  • 2020£184k£150k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Charitable objects

1) TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO CULTIVATE AND IMPROVE PUBLIC TASTE IN THE VISUAL ARTS IN PARTICULAR BY STIMULATING ORIGINAL AND CREATIVE WORK IN THE UNITED KINGDOM IN THE FIELD OF FILM PRODUCTION ( IN PARTICULAR INCLUDING SCREENPLAY WRITING AND FILM PRODUCTION AND FILM EDITING) AND BY ENCOURAGING A HIGH STANDARD OF ART AND TECHNIQUE IN PERSONS ENGAGED IN SUCH FILM PRODUCTION AND BY ENCOURAGING AND PROMOTING THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE STANDARD OF THE ARTS SCIENCES AND TECHNIQUES OF FILM PRODUCTION. 2) TO BENEFIT SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTION OR INSTITUTIONS OR OTHER CHARITABLE OBJECT OR OBJECTS IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT TO SUPPORT OR ESTABLISH

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.

3 trustees on the board

5.7y median 4y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

22y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

Portfolio (3)

2
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 3Arts/culture/heritage/science 2Environment/conservation/heritage 1General Charitable Purposes 1Religious Activities 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Finance 7Professional services 4Agriculture 2

Gaps to watch

  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£202k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1067074
Status
Registered
Governing document
TRUST DEED DATED 19 NOVEMBER 1997
Contact on the register
01785 503010 · dlf@sorbus.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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