The Leather Conservation Centre Limited
- Country
- England & Wales
- Charity number
- 276485
- Status
- Registered
- Registered
- Sept. 25, 1978
- Legal form
- Charitable company
- Area of benefit
- Not Defined
Address
- Address
- Pilot House/Canopy
Workspace 3
Duke Street
Leicester
LE1 6WB
Contact
- Phone
- 07831022439
- [email protected]
- Website
leatherconservation.org
Activities
The Centre was established to co-ordinate and improve the knowledge, methods and working standards needed to protect and preserve leather objects for the benefit of the public, to promote research into leather conservation and to disperse knowledge through education and training. It has the more general aim to promote the conservation and restoration of leather objects for the public benefit.
Objects: 1) To Support And Assist Public Museums And Art Galleries And Their Development And To Promote Their Use And Enjoyment By The Public. 2) To Promote The Conservation And Restoration Of Objects Made Wholly Or In Part Of Leather, Parchment Or Vellum Of Historical Or Artistic Value.3) To Promote A Permanent Organisation To Co-Ordinate And Improve The Knowledge, Methods And Working Standards Needed To Protect And Preserve Leather Objects For The Benefit Of The Public.4) To Promote Research Into Methods And Techniques For Conserving And Restoring Leather Objects And To Publish The Results Of Such Research And In General To Promote By All Appropriate Means An Intelligent Interest In, And A Desire To Preserve For Posterity, The Nation's Heritage Of Fine Craftsmanship And Its Products Of Whatever Nature, In All Fields Irrespective Of Ownership But Especially That Of Leather Use.5) To Educate And Train Persons In Conservation And Restoration Of Leather Objects.
Classification
- How
- Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- What
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Who
- The General Public/mankind
Areas of operation
- Region
- Throughout England And Wales
Finances
| Period end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| Sept. 30, 2024 | £228,627 | £129,141 |
| Sept. 30, 2023 | £146,914 | £118,703 |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | £105,967 | £145,449 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | £103,052 | £135,747 |
| Sept. 30, 2020 | £110,214 | £135,808 |
Trustees
| Name | Appointed |
|---|---|
| Angela Middleton | Aug. 31, 2023 |
| John William Tusting | April 10, 2012 |
| Martin Pebody | |
| Mike Redwood | |
| Nicole Gilroy | Sept. 27, 2020 |
| Paul Mynors Farmar | March 7, 2014 |