Registered charity · Newcastle upon Tyne
Northern Childrens Book Festival
- 7 trustees
- Income £36k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
Network
The large node is Northern Childrens Book Festival. Red nodes are organisations, white nodes are people. Sign in free to explore further.
Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
Do you help lead this organisation? Set up its network · How it works
About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside, South Tyneside and more
- Website
- www.ncbfgaladay.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1992
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£36k£38k
- 2024£36k£27k
- 2023£33k£28k
Earlier years
- 2022£20k£17k
- 2021£18k£18k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
(A) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE, AND ADULTS CONCERNED WITH THE EDUCATIONAL WELFARE IN THE SPHERE OF CHILDRENS LITERATURE, (B) TO PROMOTE, ENCOURAGE AND DEVELOP THE ENJOYMENT OF BOOKS, STORIES, READING, WRITING, LISTENING, TALKING AND OTHER LITERATURE RELATED SKILLS AND ACTIVITIES (C) TO FURTHER THE ABOVE WITHIN THE NORTH EAST REGION OF ENGLAND AND THERINAFTER CALLED THE AREA OF BENEFIT WORKING THROUGH ESTABLISHED LOCAL AUTHORITY DEPARTMENTAL NETWORKS
Grants received
2 grants · £26,383 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Northern Rock Foundation · £24,000
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £2,383
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Julia Robinson Chair since 2018
- Angela Foster since 2021
- Catherine Scott-Jones since 2025
- Christine Myhill since 2018
- Fiona Hill since 2018
- Rachel Warkcup since 2014
- Taranjeet Singh since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Julia Robinson Chair since 2018
- Christine Myhill since 2018
- Fiona Hill since 2018
- Rachel Warkcup since 2014
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Julia Robinson Chair since 2018
- Angela Foster since 2021
- Christine Myhill since 2018
- Fiona Hill since 2018
- Rachel Warkcup since 2014
- Taranjeet Singh since 2023
Portfolio (1)
- Catherine Scott-Jones since 2025
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
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1013065
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 4 JULY 1992
- Contact on the register
- 0191 4338401 · info@northernchildrensbookfestival.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Report an issue · How we handle data