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Doncaster Culture and Leisure Trust

Doncaster Culture and Leisure Trust is a registered charity (number 1103465) based in Doncaster, governed by 9 trustees and chaired by Andrew Russell Burden. Latest income £24m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £24m (2025)

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Who leads it

Also 1 organisation acting as trustee: Doncaster Council.

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

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Amateur Sport and 1 more
Where
Doncaster
Website
www.dclt.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Doncaster Culture and Leisure Trust
Registered
2004

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£24m£23m
  • 2024£24m£19m
  • 2023£19m£18m
Earlier years
  • 2022£16m£15m
  • 2021£15m£12m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 9% · Government grants 24%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE COMPANY'S OBJECTS ARE:-(I) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DONCASTER AND ITS ENVIRONS BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE;(II) TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE GOOD PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH;(III) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY THE AID ESTABLISHMENT FUNDING OR SPONSORSHIP OF BURSARIES SCHOLARSHIPS OR GRANTS TO ANY PERSON OR PERSONS, INSTITUTION, ASSOCIATION OR CORPORATE BODY FOR THE PURPOSE OF FURTHERING THE OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY;(IV) TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS, INCLUDING THE ARTS OF SINGING, MUSIC, DANCE, DRAMA AND MIME AND TO FORMULATE, PREPARE AND ESTABLISH SCHEMES THEREFOR;(V) THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR PLAYING PARTICULAR SPORTS;(VI) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY IN CASES OF NEED HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS AND TO ASSIST PERSONS WHO THROUGH THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES ARE IN NEED AND UNABLE TO GAIN EMPLOYMENT.

Grants received

4 grants · £102,572 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 · £87,000 (3 grants)
  • Sport England · £15,572

Most recent

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £31,0002021-01-18
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £25,0002020-07-09
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £31,0002020-04-01
  • Sport England £15,5722016-01-29
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

5.2y median 3y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

16.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

7
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 8General Charitable Purposes 8The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 8

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 11Finance 6Hospitality 3

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£24.2m 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.

0.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 0.0 in 2021

300 from 209 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.
33%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1103465
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM & ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION DATED 08 APRIL 2002 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 01 FEBRUARY 2003 AND CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 21 SEPTEMBER 2010
Companies House
Company number 04410993 · Active
Contact on the register
01302370777 · enquiries@dclt.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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