Registered charity · Meadowfield Industrial Estate
Point North Community Foundation
2.1. The Charity is established for the support or promotion of:2.1.1. any charitable purposes for the relief of poverty (including training for employment or work) or any other charitable purpose for the benefit of the community with a preference...
- 7 trustees
- Income £16m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland
- Website
- www.pointnorth.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Point North Community Foundation
- Registered
- 1995
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£16m£6.5m
- 2024£6.4m£8.2m
- 2023£4.3m£6.0m
Earlier years
- 2022£4.9m£4.3m
- 2021£5.5m£5.5m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 15%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
2.1. The Charity is established for the support or promotion of:2.1.1. any charitable purposes for the relief of poverty (including training for employment or work) or any other charitable purpose for the benefit of the community with a preference to the community in the area of the County of Durham and Tees Valley and the North East2.1.2. such other exclusively charitable purpose in the United Kingdom and elsewhere which are in the opinion of the Trustees of benefit to the community including but not limited to the community in the area of the County of Durham and Tees Valley and the North East.2.2. This Article 2 may be amended by special resolution but only with the prior written consent of the Commission.
Grants received
53 grants · £2,539,004 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
- UK Community Foundations · £1,583,316 (4 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £367,250
- Mercers' Charitable Foundation · £300,000 (2 grants)
- Community Foundation North East · £150,938 (42 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport · £100,000
Most recent
Grants given
4,499 grants · £26,601,583 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 recipients
- Durham Christian Partnership · £896,020 (3 grants)
- East Durham Community Development Trust Ltd · £888,344 (12 grants)
- East Durham Partnership · £437,909 (15 grants)
- Durham County Carers Support · £412,000 (5 grants)
- County Durham Furniture Help Scheme · £372,202 (6 grants)
Most recent
- Burnmoor Cricket Lawn Tennis Club & Institute
- Dungavel residents Association
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
- Alison Dunn since 2025
- Emma Ruth O'Rourke since 2022
- Gillian Chinhengo since 2024
- Joanna Margaret Barker MBE since 2023
- Judith Hartley since 2025
- Sarah Thorpe since 2025
- Timothy Mallon since 2025
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Emma Ruth O'Rourke since 2022
- Gillian Chinhengo since 2024
- Judith Hartley since 2025
- Sarah Thorpe since 2025
- Timothy Mallon since 2025
Portfolio (2)
- Alison Dunn since 2025
- Joanna Margaret Barker MBE 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
1.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1047625
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 23 JUNE 1995 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 28 OCTOBER 2003. CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 3 JANUARY 2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07 DEC 2015 as amended on 03 Apr 2024 as amended on 31 Jul 2024
- Companies House
- Company number 03072153 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01913786340 · info@pointnorth.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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