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Registered charity (CIO) · London

Higher Potential

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £53k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Throughout London, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website
www.higherpotential.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2018

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£53k£60k
  • 2024£71k£53k
  • 2023£14k£39k
Earlier years
  • 2022£46k£46k
  • 2021£36k£27k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2024: Government contracts 8% · Government grants 8%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

1) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF MUSIC AND ARTS OF PEOPLE [UNDER THE AGE OF 25 YEARS] IN UK IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT, INCLUDING BY, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:A. PROVIDING THEIR EDUCATION (INCLUDING THE STUDY OF MUSIC OR OTHER ARTS), TO UNDERTAKE TRAVEL IN FURTHERANCE OF THAT EDUCATION OR TO PREPARE FOR ENTRY TO ANY OCCUPATION, TRADE OR PROFESSION ON LEAVING ANY EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT. B. AWARDING TO SUCH PERSONS SCHOLARSHIPS, MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES OR GRANTS TENABLE AT ANY UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE OR INSTITUTION OF HIGHER OR FURTHER EDUCATION, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON MUSIC OR OTHER ARTS. C. AWARDING TO SUCH PERSONS ANY PROVISIONS OR EQUIPMENT THAT WILL FURTHER THEIR EDUCATION AND/OR PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON MUSIC OR OTHER ARTS. 2. TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES, SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR CAPABILITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.

Grants received

6 grants · £314,808 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

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £189,808 (4 grants)
  • John Lyon's Charity · £125,000 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £142,2842026-02-12
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £18,3152025-08-28
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £19,6752024-03-15
  • John Lyon's Charity £120,0002023-06-15
  • John Lyon's Charity £5,0002021-07-23
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.

4 trustees on the board

6y median 8y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

0
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 4Education/training 4General Charitable Purposes 4

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • 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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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£53k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1178146
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 27 Apr 2018
Contact on the register
02034410358 · Enquiries@higherpotential.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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