Registered charity · North Shields
The Vikings
- 13 trustees
- Income £128k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Catherine Minette MurphyChair · since 2020
- Chelsea Amber CarrTrustee · since 2025
- Christine LinesTrustee · since 2014
- Evelyn Paul BushellTrustee · since 2025
- Gareth EvansTrustee · since 2015
- John Allan Ishmael GendallTrustee · since 2022
- Jonathan Michael FinchTrustee · since 2014
- Jonathan Richard WolseyTrustee · since 2025
- Maiken Lykke BagleyTrustee · since 2022
- Marie Elizabeth HoughtonTrustee · since 2025
- Robert CleggTrustee
- Sandra Elizabeth OrchardTrustee
- Steven LinesTrustee
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.vikingsonline.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Vikings
- Registered
- 1997
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£128k£132k
- 2024£132k£136k
- 2023£136k£129k
Earlier years
- 2022£44k£32k
- 2021£24k£24k
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE LIFE AND TIMES OF VIKING AGE BRITAIN THROUGH THE PERFORMANCE OF RE-ENACTMENT AND LIVING HISTORY DISPLAYS, DEMONSTRATING AND TEACHING THE CRAFTS AND SKILLS OF THE PERIOD, TEACHING IN SCHOOLS, AND PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL PACKS
Board analysis for researchers
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.
13 trustees on the board
- Catherine Minette Murphy Chair since 2020
- Christine Lines since 2014
- Chelsea Amber Carr since 2025
- Evelyn Paul Bushell since 2025
- Gareth Evans since 2015
- John Allan Ishmael Gendall since 2022
- Jonathan Michael Finch since 2014
- Jonathan Richard Wolsey since 2025
- Maiken Lykke Bagley since 2022
- Marie Elizabeth Houghton since 2025
- Robert Clegg
- Sandra Elizabeth Orchard
- Steven Lines
Trustees past 6 years
- Catherine Minette Murphy Chair since 2020
- Christine Lines since 2014
- Gareth Evans since 2015
- Jonathan Michael Finch since 2014
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (13)
- Catherine Minette Murphy Chair since 2020
- Christine Lines since 2014
- Chelsea Amber Carr since 2025
- Evelyn Paul Bushell since 2025
- Gareth Evans since 2015
- John Allan Ishmael Gendall since 2022
- Jonathan Michael Finch since 2014
- Jonathan Richard Wolsey since 2025
- Maiken Lykke Bagley since 2022
- Marie Elizabeth Houghton since 2025
- Robert Clegg
- Sandra Elizabeth Orchard
- Steven Lines
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.
Gaps to watch
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1062495
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 7/9/95
- Companies House
- Company number 03099224 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07970315014 · treasurer@vikingsonline.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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