The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

The SIR James Knott Trust

Registered charity 1001363 Registered since 1990

Operates: Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, Sunderland, Durham, Northumberland, Hartlepool

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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.

4
trustees on the board
7.8y median 7.5y
average tenure
16y
longest tenure
3
trustees past 6 years
9.8y
average years in governance
4 vs 0 portfolio
first-time trustees
1
company-linked trustees

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

Property 2Agriculture 1Arts and leisure 1

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  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board
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Contact

Websitewww.knott-trust.co.uk
Emailinfo@knott-trust.co.uk
Phone0191 486 2825
AddressConnected Voice Office, One Strawberry Lane, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear, NE1 4BX

Finances

£3,758,812 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,958,235£2,159,111
2022£2,944,308£2,852,085
2023£2,720,962£2,439,681
2024£3,123,082£3,350,827
2025£3,758,812£3,714,913

What it does

What

General Charitable Purposes

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Makes Grants To Organisations

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.

Governing document: DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 12TH DECEMBER 1990 AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 16TH JULY 1991 AND SUPPLEMENTAL DEED DATED 21 DECEMBER 1995

Trustees (4)

4trustees
52median age
0aged 70+

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