# THE LEATHER CONSERVATION CENTRE LIMITED

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 276485
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [01370507](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01370507)
- **Registered:** Sept. 25, 1978
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=276485


## Contact

- **Address:** Pilot House/Canopy, Workspace 3, Duke Street, Leicester
- **Postcode:** LE1 6WB
- **Phone:** 07831 022439
- **Email:** info@leatherconservation.org
- **Website:** www.leatherconservation.org



## Activities

**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&#x27;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.

**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.




## 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



## Geography

- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| ANGELA MIDDLETON |  | Aug. 31, 2023 |
| JOHN WILLIAM TUSTING |  | April 10, 2012 |
| MARTIN PEBODY |  |  |
| MIKE REDWOOD |  |  |
| Nicole Gilroy |  | Sept. 27, 2020 |
| Professor Sarah Scott |  | May 1, 2026 |




