Registered charity · London
Okre: Opening Knowledge Across Research and Entertainment
- 6 trustees
- Income £999k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 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, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Other Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, United States, France
- Website
- okre.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Okre: Opening Knowledge Across Research and Entertainment
- Registered
- 2020
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£999k£959k
- 2024£1.1m£1.0m
- 2023£790k£652k
Earlier years
- 2022£608k£603k
- 2021£646k£367k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:1.1 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN SOCIAL, SCIENTIFIC AND HEALTH-RELATED ISSUES BY MAKING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE EXCHANGE OF KNOWLEDGE BETWEEN CHARITIES, ACADEMICS, THOSE WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE OF SUCH ISSUES AND INDIVIDUALS WORKING IN THE CREATIVE INDUSTRIES (AND BY SUCH OTHER MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT) SUCH THAT PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF THESE ISSUES IS IMPROVED;1.2 TO ADVANCE THE ARTS AS REGARDS SOCIAL, SCIENTIFIC AND HEALTH-RELATED ISSUES BY MAKING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE EXCHANGE OF KNOWLEDGE BETWEEN CHARITIES, ACADEMICS, THOSE WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE OF SUCH ISSUES AND INDIVIDUALS WORKING IN THE CREATIVE INDUSTRIES (AND BY SUCH OTHER MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT) SUCH THAT THE QUALITY OF CREATIVE OUTPUT WHICH TACKLES SUCH ISSUES IS IMPROVED;1.3 TO PROMOTE RESEARCH AND MAKE AVAILABLE THE USEFUL RESULTS, AND IN PARTICULAR:(A) TO PROMOTE RESEARCH INTO THE ROLE OF THE CREATIVE INDUSTRIES IN SHAPING ATTITUDES TO SOCIAL, SCIENTIFIC AND HEALTH-RELATED ISSUES AND EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION REGARDING SUCH ISSUES; (B) TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE EXCHANGE OF KNOWLEDGE REGARDING, AND ACCESS TO, TOOLS, TECHNOLOGIES AND SKILLS WHICH ADVANCE RESEARCH.1.4 TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF CHARITIES BY ENABLING THEM TO IMPROVE THEIR COMMUNICATION REGARDING SOCIAL, SCIENTIFIC AND HEALTH-RELATED ISSUES THROUGH ENGAGEMENT WITH INDIVIDUALS WORKING IN THE CREATIVE INDUSTRIES
Grants received
1 grant · £100,000 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
- Unbound Philanthropy · £100,000
Most recent
- Unbound Philanthropy
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
- Dame Christine Ryan since 2023
- Jonathan Patrick Frederick Bradley since 2021
- Laura Clare since 2021
- Nicholas Michael Button-Brown MBA since 2020
- Philomena Gibbons since 2020
- Stephen Soo Lee since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Nicholas Michael Button-Brown MBA since 2020
- Philomena Gibbons since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Dame Christine Ryan since 2023
- Jonathan Patrick Frederick Bradley since 2021
- Laura Clare since 2021
- Nicholas Michael Button-Brown MBA since 2020
- Stephen Soo Lee since 2024
Portfolio (1)
- Philomena Gibbons since 2020
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
3.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 2.9 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1189257
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 21 APR 2020 as amended on 21 Mar 2023
- Companies House
- Company number 12566700 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02076115760 · officemanager@okre.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th 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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