Registered charity · Tyne and Wear
Sunderland Astronomical Society
- 4 trustees
- Income £6k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Amateur Sport, Environment/conservation/heritage and 1 more
- Where
- Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside, South Tyneside and more
- Website
- www.sunderlandastro.com (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1998
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£6k£6k
- 2024£6k£5k
- 2023£6k£7k
Earlier years
- 2022£5k£3k
- 2021£2k£1k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SCIENCE OF ASTRONOMY AND RELATED SUBJECTSTO PRESERVE ALL ASTRONOMICALLY RELATED HISTORICAL MATERIAL LINKED WITH THE CITY OF SUNDERLAND AND OF OBSERVERS RESIDENT THEREIN
Grants received
9 grants · £12,761 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
- Community Foundation North East · £12,761 (9 grants)
Most recent
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.
4 trustees on the board
- Christopher Duffy Chair since 2019
- David George Ettie since 2026
- Gary John Hunter since 2026
- Martin Kennedy since 2011
Trustees past 6 years
- Christopher Duffy Chair since 2019
- Martin Kennedy since 2011
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Christopher Duffy Chair since 2019
- David George Ettie since 2026
- Gary John Hunter since 2026
- Martin Kennedy since 2011
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1071527
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 20 JUNE 1998 AS AMENDED ON 27 SEPTEMBER 1998
- Contact on the register
- 07973785788 · chairman@sunderlandastro.com
- 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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