Registered charity · Newcastle upon Tyne
The Childrens Foundation Limited
- 8 trustees
- Income £563k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Belinda BatemanTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Sue VernonTrustee · since 2017
- Dr Sunil BhopalTrustee · since 2020
- Helen RobinsonTrustee · since 2023
- John Treherne MBETrustee · since 2019
- Karen RichardsonTrustee · since 2022
- Laura McgrathTrustee · since 2023
- Paul SigalasTrustee · since 2025
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside, South Tyneside and more
- Website
- www.thechildrensfoundation.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Childrens' Foundation Limited
- Registered
- 1990
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£563k£526k
- 2024£416k£357k
- 2023£264k£233k
Earlier years
- 2022£199k£183k
- 2021£178k£163k
Charitable objects
THE PROMOTION, PRESERVATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF GOOD HEALTH AND WELL-BEING AMONG CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE NORTH EAST OF ENGLAND. INCLUDING BOTH PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH, BY SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.
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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
- Belinda Bateman since 2025
- Dr Sue Vernon since 2017
- Dr Sunil Bhopal since 2020
- Helen Robinson since 2023
- John Treherne MBE since 2019
- Karen Richardson since 2022
- Laura Mcgrath since 2023
- Paul Sigalas since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Sue Vernon since 2017
- Dr Sunil Bhopal since 2020
- John Treherne MBE since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Belinda Bateman since 2025
- Dr Sue Vernon since 2017
- Dr Sunil Bhopal since 2020
- Helen Robinson since 2023
- John Treherne MBE since 2019
- Laura Mcgrath since 2023
- Paul Sigalas since 2025
Portfolio (1)
- Karen Richardson since 2022
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
2.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1000013
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 6TH AUGUST 1990 AS AMENDED 14 MAY 2003AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 12/01/2015AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 06/02/2015 as amended on 29 Sep 2020
- Companies House
- Company number 02528291 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 0191 2820000 · nuth.childrensfoundation@nhs.net
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th 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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