The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

The MEL Weir Charitable Trust

Registered charity 1080938 Registered since 2000

Operates: Northumberland, North Tyneside

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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.

3
trustees on the board
8.5y median 8.5y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure
1
trustees past 6 years
12y
average years in governance
2 vs 1 portfolio
first-time trustees
1
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Education/training 1General Charitable Purposes 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Finance 5Property 5Agriculture 1

Gaps to watch

  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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Contact

Emailalexander.dickinson@wbd-uk.com
Phone01912799000
AddressWomble Bond Dickinson, The Spark, Draymans Way, Newcastle Helix, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE4 5DE

Finances

£42,368 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£32,726£35,749
2022£40,073£3,902
2023£40,072£42,403
2024£39,204£46,309
2025£42,368£47,607

What it does

What

General Charitable Purposes

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Makes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

DURING THE LIFETIME OF MR WEIR'S WIDOW THE INCOME SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED EACH YEAR TO SUCH LOCAL CHARITIES (BY WHICH IS MEANT CHARITIES OPERATING WITHIN NORTHUMBERLAND, TYNE AND WEAR AND COUNTY DURHAM) AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

Governing document: WILL DATED 25/07/1996

Trustees (3)

3trustees
62median age
0aged 70+

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