Registered charity · Tyne & Wear
The SIR James Knott Trust
- 4 trustees
- Income £3.8m (2025)
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
- General Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside, South Tyneside and more
- Website
- www.knott-trust.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1990
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£3.8m£3.7m
- 2024£3.1m£3.4m
- 2023£2.7m£2.4m
Earlier years
- 2022£2.9m£2.9m
- 2021£2.0m£2.2m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2022: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
FOR SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS OR CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN SUCH SHARES AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT.
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.
4 trustees on the board
- George Christian Festing since 2026
- John Cresswell since 2010
- Rev Fiona Jean Sample since 2018
- Sir Walter John Buchanan Riddell since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- John Cresswell since 2010
- Rev Fiona Jean Sample since 2018
- Sir Walter John Buchanan Riddell since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- George Christian Festing since 2026
- John Cresswell since 2010
- Rev Fiona Jean Sample since 2018
- Sir Walter John Buchanan Riddell since 2019
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.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- 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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 120.0 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1001363
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 12TH DECEMBER 1990 AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 16TH JULY 1991 AND SUPPLEMENTAL DEED DATED 21 DECEMBER 1995
- Contact on the register
- 0191 486 2825 · info@knott-trust.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th 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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