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Registered charity · Nottingham

Nottingham City of Literature

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £191k (2025)
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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
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Nottingham City, Nottinghamshire
Website
nottinghamcityofliterature.com (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Nottingham City of Literature
Registered
2015

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£191k£205k
  • 2024£248k£195k
  • 2023£210k£219k
Earlier years
  • 2022£147k£167k
  • 2021£200k£159k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 68%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE COMPANY HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT TO:1) PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF OPPORTUNITIES TO ACCESS, ENGAGE IN, UNDERSTAND AND ENJOY LITERATURE AND WRITING, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROMOTING AND ORGANISING A BID FOR NOTTINGHAM TO BECOME A UNESCO CITY OF LITERATURE; AND/OR2) TO PURSUE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES ANALOGOUS TO ANY OF THE ABOVE AS THE DIRECTORS IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SHALL DETERMINE (TOGETHER THE "OBJECTS")

Grants received

4 grants · £155,898 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

Most recent

  • Postcode Places Trust £49,9982025-11-05
  • Garfield Weston Foundation £20,0002025-09-03
  • Postcode Places Trust £25,0002023-07-31
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £60,9002019-01-23
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

2y median 2y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
10.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

6
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 6Education/training 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.

Education 7Arts and leisure 4Professional services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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£191k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1161161
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 23/07/2014 as amended on 11 Jul 2021
Companies House
Company number 09144072 · Active
Contact on the register
01159473134 · contactus@nottmcityoflit.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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