Registered charity · Newcastle upon Tyne
The MEA Trust
- 6 trustees
- Income £348k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Dr Teresa Mary Cairns CouncillorTrustee · since 2019
- James LaneTrustee · since 2017
- Michael Ian SpriggsTrustee · since 2018
- Simon BowettTrustee · since 2021
- Stephen Thomas GilroyTrustee · since 2017
- William MckayTrustee · since 2013
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 3 other charities:
- The JGW Patterson Foundation · 1 shared trustee
- Freecycle UK · 1 shared trustee
- R.H.W.E. Limited · 1 shared trustee
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About
- What it does
- Accommodation/housing
- Where
- Newcastle Upon Tyne City
- Website
- www.meahouse.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The MEA Trust
- Registered
- 1999
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£348k£889k
- 2024£357k£651k
- 2023£345k£529k
Earlier years
- 2022£332k£529k
- 2021£361k£415k
Charitable objects
FOR SUCH PURPOSES RECOGNISED BY THE LAW OF ENGLAND TO BE CHARITABLE AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME SELECT
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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.
6 trustees on the board
- Dr Teresa Mary Cairns Councillor since 2019
- James Lane since 2017
- Michael Ian Spriggs since 2018
- Stephen Thomas Gilroy since 2017
- Simon Bowett since 2021
- William Mckay since 2013
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Teresa Mary Cairns Councillor since 2019
- James Lane since 2017
- Michael Ian Spriggs since 2018
- Stephen Thomas Gilroy since 2017
- William Mckay since 2013
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Dr Teresa Mary Cairns Councillor since 2019
- Michael Ian Spriggs since 2018
- Simon Bowett since 2021
Portfolio (3)
- James Lane since 2017
- Stephen Thomas Gilroy since 2017
- William Mckay since 2013
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
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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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
- 1074895
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 26/02/1999AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28/09/2000AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13/06/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 02/05/2012
- Companies House
- Company number 03721573 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01914340830 · advice@joseph-miller.co.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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