The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Swarthmore Education Centre

Registered charity 1094451 Registered since 2002

Operates: Leeds City

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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

3.1y median 2y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (1)

6
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 8Education/training 8Disability 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.

Education 6Professional services 2Property 1

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£2.0m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

1.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

78 from 74 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.swarthmore.org.uk
Emailinfo@swarthmore.org.uk
Phone01132432210
AddressSWARTHMORE EDUCATION CENTRE, 2-7 WOODHOUSE SQUARE, LEEDS, LS3 1AD

Finances

£1,962,035 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,500,507£1,513,672
2022£1,606,870£1,705,794
2023£1,756,093£1,826,517
2024£1,937,942£1,929,844
2025£1,962,035£1,941,863

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY SHALL BE TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF THE RESIDENTS OF LEEDS AND SURROUNDING AREAS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF AN EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT, AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY:(A) TO PROVIDE A LEARNING COMMUNITY FOR PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL ACTIVITY FOR THOSE WHO MAY HAVE BEEN EXCLUDED FROM MAINSTREAM EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES;(B) TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES AND ACTIVITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY BASED ON THE RECOGNITION OF THE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE WHICH ALL PEOPLE BRING.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 5TH SEPTEMBER 2002 AMENDED ON 13 DECEMBER 2006 as amended on 22 Feb 2023

Trustees (8)

8trustees
68median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Swarthmore Education Centre · 04527579 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 05/09/2002

3 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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