Registered charity · Northumberland
The Charlotte Straker Project
- 11 trustees
- Income £2.3m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Berenice GrovesChair · since 2016
- David ChesserTrustee · since 2025
- Dr William Francis CunninghamTrustee
- Elizabeth Jane HastingsTrustee · since 2023
- Gavin Macfarlane BlackTrustee
- Hugh Ritchie MckendrickTrustee · since 2024
- Jacquelyn Donna ThorntonTrustee · since 2026
- Jane IleyTrustee · since 2023
- Jeremy Mark Simon WoodhouseTrustee · since 2026
- Lesley WoodcockTrustee · since 2013
- Maureen Anne GordonTrustee · since 2020
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Accommodation/housing
- Where
- Northumberland
- Website
- www.charlottestraker.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Charlotte Straker Project
- Registered
- 1993
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£2.3m£2.3m
- 2024£2.9m£2.1m
- 2023£2.0m£2.1m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.8m£1.9m
- 2021£1.5m£1.6m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 26%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
3.1.1 THE RELIEF AND REHABILITATION OF AGED OR INFIRM PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE LOCAL AUTHORITY DISTRICT OF TYNEDALE OR SUCH OTHER AREAS OF THE COUNTY OF NORTHUMBERLAND AS THE COMPANY SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE (THE "AREA OF BENEFIT") AS WELL AS THE RELIEF AND REHABILITATION OF AGED OR INFIRM PERSONS RESIDENT ELSEWHERE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM WHO HAVE CLOSE RELATIONS RESIDENT IN TYNEDALE AND IN PARTICULAR, BUT WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF SHELTERED ACCOMMODATION, AND OF NURSING AND OTHER FACILITIES TO ALLEVIATE THE NEEDS OF SUCH PERSONS. 3.1.2 THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC WITH RESPECT TO HEALTH, HOUSING AND WELFARE PROBLEMS AMONGST PERSONS IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO ARE AGED OR INFIRM.
Grants received
26 grants · £548,134 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
- Community Foundation North East · £523,134 (24 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £20,000
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £5,000
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.
11 trustees on the board
- Berenice Groves Chair since 2016
- David Chesser since 2025
- Dr William Francis Cunningham
- Elizabeth Jane Hastings since 2023
- Gavin Macfarlane Black
- Hugh Ritchie Mckendrick since 2024
- Jacquelyn Donna Thornton since 2026
- Jane Iley since 2023
- Jeremy Mark Simon Woodhouse since 2026
- Lesley Woodcock since 2013
- Maureen Anne Gordon since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- Berenice Groves Chair since 2016
- Lesley Woodcock since 2013
- Maureen Anne Gordon since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Berenice Groves Chair since 2016
- David Chesser since 2025
- Dr William Francis Cunningham
- Elizabeth Jane Hastings since 2023
- Hugh Ritchie Mckendrick since 2024
- Jacquelyn Donna Thornton since 2026
- Jeremy Mark Simon Woodhouse since 2026
- Lesley Woodcock since 2013
- Maureen Anne Gordon since 2020
Portfolio (2)
- Gavin Macfarlane Black
- Jane Iley since 2023
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
9.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 9.1 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1021086
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 16 OCTOBER 1992 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS PASSED 22 APRIL 1993 AND 17 JUNE 1993.AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 01 SEP 2017 as amended on 15 Jun 2023
- Companies House
- Company number 02756650 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01434633999 · office@charlottestraker.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.
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