Registered charity · Newcastle upon Tyne
Voluntary Organisations' Network North East
Voluntary Organisations' Network North East is a registered charity (number 1084083) based in Newcastle upon Tyne, governed by 11 trustees and chaired by Alison Dunn since 2017. Latest income £1.2m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
Also known as Vonne (Charity Commission)
- 11 trustees
- Income £1.2m (2025)
The people who lead this organisation are listed below. Create a free account to save it, get alerts and check how you are connected.
Official record Charity Commission · updated 25th October 2026 · Sources · Free, no card or password
Network
The large node is Voluntary Organisations' Network North East. Red nodes are organisations, white nodes are people. Dashed links are historical or inferred. Click any node to explore.
Who leads it
- Alison DunnChair · since 2017
- Adam HillTrustee · since 2022
- Angela Louise BrudenellTrustee · since 2024
- Carol GaskarthTrustee · since 2024
- Cheryl Ann GavinTrustee · since 2024
- Colin Thompson HewittTrustee · since 2021
- Craig HendersonTrustee · since 2022
- Emma HowittTrustee · since 2024
- Modupe Ayodeji Michael FawoleTrustee · since 2019
- Peter NealTrustee · since 2024
- Shaun NewtonTrustee · since 2024
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
Do you help lead this organisation? Set up its network · How it works
See more like Voluntary Organisations' Network North East - search by area, region or England and Wales.
Shared trustees are formal board links. Neither is proof the organisations work together.
About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Throughout England
- Website
- www.vonne.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Voluntary Organisations' Network North East
- Registered
- 2000
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.2m£1.9m
- 2024£2.4m£1.7m
- 2023£1.9m£1.2m
Earlier years
- 2022£832k£720k
- 2021£696k£554k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 9%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE SUCH PURPOSES AS ARE CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES FOR THE PUBLIC IN THE NORTH EAST OF ENGLAND BY:PROVIDING A CHANNEL OF INFORMATION BETWEEN VOLUNTARY AND COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS AND LOCAL CENTRAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN THE REGION PROVIDING A NETWORK OF COMMUNICATION FOR VOLUNTARY AND COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS AND AGENCIES IN THE REGIONBRINGING TOGETHER REPRESENTATIVES OF VOLUNTARY AND COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS, STATUTORY AUTHORITIES AND OTHER AGENCIES IN TH E REGION TO IDENTIFY THE FUNDING AND POLICY NEEDS OF VOLUNTARY AND COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS
Grants received
56 grants · £3,282,923 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
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £1,736,345 (14 grants)
- Northern Rock Foundation · £567,081 (10 grants)
- Millfield House Foundation · £554,296 (7 grants)
- Point North · £127,191 (5 grants)
- Community Foundation North East · £118,010 (17 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
11 trustees on the board
- Alison Dunn Chair since 2017
- Adam Hill since 2022
- Angela Louise Brudenell since 2024
- Carol Gaskarth since 2024
- Cheryl Ann Gavin since 2024
- Colin Thompson Hewitt since 2021
- Craig Henderson since 2022
- Emma Howitt since 2024
- Modupe Ayodeji Michael Fawole since 2019
- Peter Neal since 2024
- Shaun Newton since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Alison Dunn Chair since 2017
- Modupe Ayodeji Michael Fawole since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Adam Hill since 2022
- Angela Louise Brudenell since 2024
- Carol Gaskarth since 2024
- Cheryl Ann Gavin since 2024
- Craig Henderson since 2022
- Emma Howitt since 2024
Portfolio (5)
- Alison Dunn Chair since 2017
- Colin Thompson Hewitt since 2021
- Modupe Ayodeji Michael Fawole since 2019
- Peter Neal since 2024
- Shaun Newton since 2024
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.
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
0.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 6.0 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1084083
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 30 AUGUST 2000 AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION 4 DECEMBER 2006
- Companies House
- Company number 04061592 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01912332000 · vonne@vonne.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th 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.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Report an issue · How we handle data