Registered charity · Kent
Open School East
- 10 trustees
- Income £170k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
Network
The large node is Open School East. Red nodes are organisations, white nodes are people. Sign in free to explore further.
Who leads it
- Sarah GriffinChair · since 2015
- Dr Michael LentTrustee · since 2026
- Dr Patricia Scott-CummingTrustee · since 2026
- Hicham GardafTrustee · since 2026
- Lois StonockTrustee · since 2024
- Michael Justin O'ShaughnessyTrustee · since 2014
- Owen WatsonTrustee · since 2017
- Samuel Martin CauserTrustee · since 2022
- Sanjivan KohliTrustee · since 2020
- Susan van SchalkwykTrustee · since 2023
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
Do you help lead this organisation? Set up its network · How it works
About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Kent
- Website
- www.openschooleast.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Open School East
- Registered
- 2013
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£170k£149k
- 2024£176k£178k
- 2023£219k£208k
Earlier years
- 2022£229k£279k
- 2021£324k£260k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 56%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("OBJECTS") ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING: TO ADVANCE EDUCATION OF ARTISTS AND THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL IN THE SOUTH EAST IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF (A) TRAINING, ADVICE AND SUPPORT FOR ARTISTS; (B) SPACE AND FACILITIES FOR THE CREATION AND APPRECIATION OF ART; AND (C) THE EXCHANGE OF KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS BY WAY OF ART CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS AND OTHER FACILITATED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES.
Grants received
9 grants · £366,199 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
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £186,043 (3 grants)
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £91,656
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £30,000
- Postcode Society Trust · £25,000
- The Colyer-Fergusson Charitable Trust · £20,000
Most recent
- Postcode Society Trust
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
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.
10 trustees on the board
- Sarah Griffin Chair since 2015
- Dr Michael Lent since 2026
- Dr Patricia Scott-Cumming since 2026
- Hicham Gardaf since 2026
- Lois Stonock since 2024
- Michael Justin O'Shaughnessy since 2014
- Owen Watson since 2017
- Sanjivan Kohli since 2020
- Samuel Martin Causer since 2022
- Susan van Schalkwyk since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Sarah Griffin Chair since 2015
- Michael Justin O'Shaughnessy since 2014
- Owen Watson since 2017
- Sanjivan Kohli since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Dr Michael Lent since 2026
- Dr Patricia Scott-Cumming since 2026
- Hicham Gardaf since 2026
- Lois Stonock since 2024
- Owen Watson since 2017
- Sanjivan Kohli since 2020
- Samuel Martin Causer since 2022
- Susan van Schalkwyk since 2023
Portfolio (2)
- Sarah Griffin Chair since 2015
- Michael Justin O'Shaughnessy since 2014
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1154104
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 08 FEB 2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15/10/2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19 AUG 2017
- Companies House
- Company number 08396177 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01843606925 · info@openschooleast.org
- 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.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Report an issue · How we handle data