The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Viscount Ridley North of England Cadet Forces Trust

Registered charity 1059373 Registered since 1996

Operates: Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, Sunderland, Durham, Northumberland, Middlesbrough, Redcar And Cleveland, Darlington

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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.

7 trustees on the board

7.3y median 7y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (1)

0
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 7Amateur Sport 6General Charitable Purposes 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1

Gaps to watch

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

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.

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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£35k 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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

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Contact

Emailne-cedep@rfca.mod.uk
Phone01913836253
AddressTHE NORTH OF ENGLAND CADET FORCES T, 53 OLD ELVET, DURHAM, DH1 3JJ

Finances

£34,531 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£246,562£33,098
2022£27,354£23,478
2023£33,702£44,977
2024£34,532£26,539
2025£34,531£32,890

What it does

What

Education/trainingAmateur Sport

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF CADETS SERVING IN EITHER THE SEA CADET CORPS, THE ROYAL MARINE CADETS, THE ARMY CADET FORCE OR THE AIR TRAINING CORPS WITHIN THE ASSOCIATION AREA IN A) MAKING GRANTS TO OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF CADETS INCLUDING THOSE WHOSE PARENTS OR GUARDAINS ARE OR MAY BE IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES TO ENABLE THEM TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL CAPACITITES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY BY ATTENDING CAMPS COURSES AND TRAINING AND TO PARTICIPATE IN SPORTS GAMES COMPETITIONS EXEDITIONS AND OTHER ADVENTUROUS TRAINING AND ACTIVITIES AND TO INCLUDE (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) MAKING GRANTS FOR THE PRUCHASE OF SUITABLE CLOTHING AND EQUIPMENT FOR SUCH PURPOSES AND TO ASSIST WITH TRAVEL EXPENSES AND INSURANCE B) IN MAKING GRANTS TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY AND WELFARE OF THE UNITS SUB UINITS COMPANIES WINGS DETACHEMENTS AND AQUADRONS OF THE AFORESAID CADET ORGANISATIONS BY IMPROVING THE FACILITIES AND AMENITIES OF TRAINING AND SERVICE C) IN MAKING GRANTS IN SUPPORT OF OR DONATIONS TO ANY OTHER CHARITABLE TRUST WHICH MAY EXIST FROM TIME TO TIME FOR THE BENEFIT OF CADET FORCES GENERALLY

Governing document: TRUST DEED DATED 18/10/1996AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 24/04/2012

Trustees (7)

7trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (5)

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