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The Halpern Charitable Foundation

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £516k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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Public contracts won

1 contract

From Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the UK Government's public procurement notices, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Matched to this organisation by company number, charity number or exact name and postcode; every figure links to its source notice.

  • INTEGRATED WORKSPACE & YOUTH HUB - NORTHFLEET STATION Buyer: Ebbsfleet Development Corporation Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

    The Northfleet Pathway Project is an initiative that will transform a currently unused site in Northfleet into a vibrant hub for local enterprise and youth development. Northfleet is an existing neighbourhood bordering the Garden City in th…

About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability and 4 more
Where
Kent
Website
www.nucleusarts.com (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2003

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£516k£660k
  • 2024£532k£617k
  • 2023£402k£539k
Earlier years
  • 2022£401k£504k
  • 2021£283k£460k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 18%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

A) THE RELIEF OF SICK PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS AND/OR THOSE SUFFERING FROM A MENTAL OR PHYSICAL DISABILITY;B) TO ASSIST IN MAINTAINING, REPAIR, RESTORE, PRESERVE, IMPROVE AND RECONSTRUCT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE FABRIC OF THE CHATHAM MEMORIAL SYNAGOGUE ITS MONUMENTS, FIXTURES, FITTINGS AND OTHER CHATTELS;C) TO ADVANCE AND PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF AN ARTS COMMUNITY CENTRE IN CHATHAM AND BY PROVIDING SUPPORT TO ARTISTS WHO ARE UNABLE TO PURSUE THEIR TALENT BECAUSE OF LACK OF FINANCIAL MEANS OR FINANCIAL SUPPORT.

Grants received

5 grants · £255,715 total

360Giving 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

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £225,800 (2 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £29,915 (3 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £14,8002023-02-15
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £211,0002022-03-04
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002019-04-18
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002017-03-08
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,9152013-08-15
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.

6 trustees on the board

8.7y median 10.5y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (1)

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 6General Charitable Purposes 6The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 6

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

Arts and leisure 1Property 1

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.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£516k latest income · spending exceeded income 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.

7.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

13 from 12 in 2024
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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1096478
Status
Registered
Governing document
DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 19 FEBRUARY 2003, AS AMENDED 26 MAY 2004 AND 1 JUL 2010.
Contact on the register
01634 812108 · original@nucleusarts.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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