Registered charity · Tyne and Wear
LD:Northeast
The objects for which the charity is established are to promote equity and inclusion for the public benefit by working with people who have lived experience of learning disabilities, learning difficulties and autism who are often excluded from...
- 6 trustees
- Income £1.4m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Brenda Mary BoydTrustee · since 2014
- Christina RichardsonTrustee · since 2023
- Emma Jean WemyssTrustee · since 2022
- Janine FinnieTrustee · since 2022
- Jeffrey DinningTrustee · since 2017
- William PatonTrustee · since 2023
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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People on this board also serve on 1 other charity:
- Springfield Community Association (North Tyneside) LTD · 1 shared trustee
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- North Tyneside
- Website
- www.ldne.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- LD:Northeast
- Registered
- 1996
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.4m£1.4m
- 2024£1.3m£1.3m
- 2023£1.2m£1.3m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.1m£1.1m
- 2021£1.0m£956k
Charitable objects
The objects for which the charity is established are to promote equity and inclusion for the public benefit by working with people who have lived experience of learning disabilities, learning difficulties and autism who are often excluded from society. To relieve the needs of such people and assist them to integrate into society by:(a) Providing individual and group based community outreach support, including short breaks;(b) Organising activities designed to tackle social isolation by bringing people together;(c) Providing light-touch support to help people stay safe in their local community, and look after their physical and mental health;(d) Providing groups and activities to support children and families.
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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
- Brenda Mary Boyd since 2014
- Christina Richardson since 2023
- Emma Jean Wemyss since 2022
- Janine Finnie since 2022
- Jeffrey Dinning since 2017
- William Paton since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Brenda Mary Boyd since 2014
- Jeffrey Dinning since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Christina Richardson since 2023
- Emma Jean Wemyss since 2022
- Janine Finnie since 2022
- Jeffrey Dinning since 2017
- William Paton since 2023
Portfolio (1)
- Brenda Mary Boyd since 2014
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
2.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 3.4 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1054535
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 21/03/1996NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 12/10/2012AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 27/11/2012 as amended on 21 Dec 2021
- Companies House
- Company number 03175969 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01912622261 · info@ldne.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th 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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