Registered charity · Newcastle upon Tyne
The Angelou Centre
To advance the social and economic inclusion and education of women and children in the North East of England, particularly those from black and minority communities; to relieve poverty, need, danger, discrimination and hardship and to promote...
- 8 trustees
- Income £1.3m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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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, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 4 more
- Where
- Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside, South Tyneside and more
- Website
- www.angelou-centre.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Angelou Centre
- Registered
- 1995
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.3m£1.3m
- 2024£1.1m£1.3m
- 2023£1.3m£1.5m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.2m£1.1m
- 2021£1.2m£1.0m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 16%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
To advance the social and economic inclusion and education of women and children in the North East of England, particularly those from black and minority communities; to relieve poverty, need, danger, discrimination and hardship and to promote equality of such persons. In particular but not exclusively by providing (a) advocacy, information and advice (b) training (c) social and recreational activities and events (d) accommodation (e) counselling and support
Grants received
54 grants · £3,995,094 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
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £1,478,525 (7 grants)
- Northern Rock Foundation · £476,804 (11 grants)
- CAF · £394,990 (2 grants)
- Comic Relief · £290,000 (2 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £232,532 (3 grants)
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.
8 trustees on the board
- Meenaxi Patel since 2023
- Ngozi Mary Udeze since 2026
- Odeth Richardson since 2018
- Rene Francis-Mcbrearty since 2022
- Sihle Mapanda since 2023
- Tebogo Gunn since 2023
- Tina Sikka since 2024
- Wendy Amexo since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- Odeth Richardson since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Meenaxi Patel since 2023
- Ngozi Mary Udeze since 2026
- Odeth Richardson since 2018
- Rene Francis-Mcbrearty since 2022
- Sihle Mapanda since 2023
- Tebogo Gunn since 2023
- Tina Sikka since 2024
- Wendy Amexo since 2026
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
2.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 11.2 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1044344
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 20 SEPTEMBER 1993 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS OF 26 JANUARY 1995 AND 15 JUNE 2007. as amended on 08 Nov 2019 as amended on 07 Aug 2020
- Companies House
- Company number 02855091 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01912260394 · admin@angelou-centre.org.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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