Registered charity · Leeds
Leeds West Indian Carnival
- 8 trustees
- Income £84k (2026)
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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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- Where
- Throughout England, St Kitts And Nevis, Trinidad And Tobago, Antigua And Barbuda and more
- Website
- www.leedscarnival.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Leeds West Indian Carnival
- Registered
- 2005
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2026£84k£83k
- 2025£74k£71k
- 2024£106k£123k
Earlier years
- 2023£108k£108k
- 2022£78k£108k
Income trend, 2022 to 2026.
Income source mix, 2026: Government grants 70%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
(A) TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE ARTS (MEANING THE VISUAL, LITERARY, MUSICAL, DRAMATIC OR ANY OTHER ARTS PROVIDED IN EACH CASE THAT THEY ARE OF RECOGNISED CULTURAL, AESTHETIC OR EDUCATIONAL VALUE);(B) TO FOSTER, PROMOTE AND INCREASE PUBLIC APPRECIATION AND KNOWLEDGE OF AND TO IMPROVE PUBLIC TASTE AND INTEREST IN THE ARTS, AND IN PARTICULAR THE ACTIVE ENCOURAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN INTO THE CULTURAL AND SOCIAL HERITAGE OF THE LEEDS WEST INDIAN COMMUNITY;(C) TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE (HEREIN AFTER CALLED "THE CARNIVAL CENTRE") AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME, WHETHER ALONE OR IN CO-OPERATION WITH ANY LOCAL AUTHORITY OR OTHER PERSON OR BODY IN FURTHERANCE OF THE OBJECTS;(D) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION GENERALLY, IN PARTICULAR CONCERNING WEST INDIAN MUSIC, DRESS, ART AND DESIGN OF ARTEFACTS;(E) TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF CHAPELTOWN, LEEDS IN THE COUNTY OF WEST YORKSHIRE AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD THEREOF (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE "AREA OF BENEFIT") WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF A POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.
Grants received
4 grants · £158,400 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 · £143,400 (2 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £10,000
- Leeds Community Foundation · £5,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- 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
- Thomas Arthur Benjamin France Chair since 2004
- Karen Mills since 2023
- Kearn Williams since 2024
- Lorina Angelica Gumbs since 2023
- Melvyn Zakers since 2017
- Norma Cannonier since 2017
- Sheila Howarth since 2017
- Stuart Michael Bailey since 2017
Trustees past 6 years
- Thomas Arthur Benjamin France Chair since 2004
- Melvyn Zakers since 2017
- Norma Cannonier since 2017
- Sheila Howarth since 2017
- Stuart Michael Bailey since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Thomas Arthur Benjamin France Chair since 2004
- Karen Mills since 2023
- Kearn Williams since 2024
- Lorina Angelica Gumbs since 2023
- Melvyn Zakers since 2017
- Norma Cannonier since 2017
- Stuart Michael Bailey since 2017
Portfolio (1)
- Sheila Howarth since 2017
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.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1107881
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 04 MAY 2004
- Companies House
- Company number 05118504 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 0113 307 0001 · Office@leedscarnival.co.uk
- 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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