Registered charity · Peterborough
The John Clare Trust
- 10 trustees
- Income £9k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Barry John Sheerman MPChair
- Dr Paul ChiricoTrustee
- Emma Olivia YandleTrustee · since 2025
- Graeme Antony KirkTrustee · since 2025
- Jennifer Madeleine WoodsTrustee · since 2025
- Louise Marie CalpinTrustee · since 2025
- Melissa Elizabeth WellerTrustee · since 2025
- Professor Sandra Helen DudleyTrustee · since 2025
- Simon Neil PhillipsTrustee · since 2017
- Sir John Henry HayesTrustee · since 2019
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, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.clarecottage.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The John Clare Trust
- Registered
- 2006
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£9k£123k
- 2024£20k£81k
- 2023£7k£79k
Earlier years
- 2022£22k£66k
- 2021£33k£63k
Charitable objects
A) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE LIFE AND WORKS OF JOHN CLARE, POET AND ENVIRONMENTALISTB) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN ALL ASPECTS OF THE ARTS, PARTICULARLY POETRY AND MUSICC) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENTD) TO FACILITATE PUBLIC ACCESS TO JOHN CLARE'S BIRTHPLACE AND OTHER LAND AND PROPERTIES RELATED TO HIS LIFE
Board analysis for researchers
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.
10 trustees on the board
- Barry John Sheerman MP Chair
- Dr Paul Chirico
- Emma Olivia Yandle since 2025
- Graeme Antony Kirk since 2025
- Jennifer Madeleine Woods since 2025
- Louise Marie Calpin since 2025
- Melissa Elizabeth Weller since 2025
- Professor Sandra Helen Dudley since 2025
- Simon Neil Phillips since 2017
- Sir John Henry Hayes since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Simon Neil Phillips since 2017
- Sir John Henry Hayes since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Dr Paul Chirico
- Emma Olivia Yandle since 2025
- Graeme Antony Kirk since 2025
- Jennifer Madeleine Woods since 2025
- Louise Marie Calpin since 2025
- Melissa Elizabeth Weller since 2025
- Professor Sandra Helen Dudley since 2025
- Simon Neil Phillips since 2017
- Sir John Henry Hayes since 2019
Portfolio (1)
- Barry John Sheerman MP Chair
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.
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
- 1114942
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 9 DECEMBER 2005
- Companies House
- Company number 05650686 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01733253330 · info@clarecottage.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th 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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