The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Blue Watch Youth Centre

Registered charity 1047550 Registered since 1995

Operates: Sunderland

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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.

6 trustees on the board

6.8y median 5.5y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (2)

0
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Disability 6Economic/community Development/employment 6Education/training 6

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£272k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Related organisations

Also active in the same field

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Contact

Websitebluewatchyouth.com
Emailbwyc.main@gmail.com
Phone01915214060
AddressBURDON LANE, RYHOPE, SUNDERLAND, SR2 0HR

Finances

£272,033 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£242,529£183,635
2022£236,748£191,811
2023£279,335£227,787
2024£321,823£320,373
2025£272,033£253,358

What it does

What

Education/trainingDisabilityEconomic/community Development/employmentRecreation

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

(I) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF RYHOPE AND SURROUNDING AREAS, CITY WIDE AND REGIONAL TO INCLUDE TYNE AND WEAR (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE 'AREA OF BENEFIT') WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINION, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES VOLUNTEER AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFECT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.(II) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE 5 AND OVER RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT BY THE PROVISION OF BASIC SKILLS COURSES, INFORMAL, FORMAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES.

Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 24/05/1995AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 08/06/2005AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 15/11/2006AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 06/10/2009AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 11/09/2011

Trustees (6)

6trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (1)

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