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Registered charity · Ilkley

Word Up North Limited

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £492k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th 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
Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Bradford City, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds City and more
Website
wordupnorth.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Word UP North Limited
Registered
1973

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£492k£391k
  • 2024£359k£366k
  • 2023£329k£335k
Earlier years
  • 2022£295k£283k
  • 2021£228k£227k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 49%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO FOSTER AND PROMOTE THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF ARTISTIC TASTE AND KNOWLEDGE AND THE UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF LITERATURE AND THE OTHER ARTS AMONGST THE GENERAL PUBLIC

Grants received

7 grants · £485,859 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

  • Sir George Martin Trust £3,0002024-10-17
  • Leeds Community Foundation £10,0002023-11-20
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £139,9532022-10-13
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £139,9532021-12-13
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £27,0002021-10-22
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.

8 trustees on the board

5y median 3y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

14.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (1)

7
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 8Education/training 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Arts and leisure 9Education 2Other services 2

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£492k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
501801
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 12/07/1972NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 31/07/2013 as amended on 11 Apr 2023
Companies House
Company number 01061343 · Active
Contact on the register
01943 601210 · admin@wordupnorth.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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