Registered charity (CIO) · London
Progress Sessions
Progress Sessions is a registered charity (number 1182721) based in London, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by Struan Samson since 2019. Latest income £117k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as Progression Sessions (Charity Commission)
- 4 trustees
- Income £117k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training
- Where
- Hackney
- Website
- www.progressionsessions.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2019
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£117k£110k
- 2024£78k£68k
- 2023£26k£25k
Earlier years
- 2022£45k£13k
- 2021£11k£5k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 5%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS:(1) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE ARTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT, INCLUDING BY (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) PROVIDING:-(A) MUSICAL WORKSHOPS AND TRAINING PROGRAMS; AND (B) ACCESS TO MUSIC MAKING FACILITIES TO PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF 25 FROM SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUNDS'
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
- Struan Samson Chair since 2019
- Daniel Pounder since 2022
- Kishan Pithia since 2019
- Peter Spencer since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Struan Samson Chair since 2019
- Kishan Pithia since 2019
- Peter Spencer since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Struan Samson Chair since 2019
- Daniel Pounder since 2022
- Kishan Pithia since 2019
Portfolio (1)
- Peter Spencer since 2019
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1182721
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 01 Apr 2019
- Contact on the register
- 07724371200 · info@progressionsessions.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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