Registered charity · Hebburn
The Wheels Project
- 6 trustees
- Income £193k (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
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, South Tyneside, Sunderland and more
- Website
- www.wheelsproject.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2000
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£193k£181k
- 2024£187k£170k
- 2023£132k£130k
Earlier years
- 2022£139k£124k
- 2021£73k£77k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 0%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTIVES OF THE WHEELS PROJECT ARE:A)TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF LESS ACADEMICALLY MINDED YOUNG PEOPLE BY PROVIDING HANDS ON TRAINING IN MOTOR VEHICLE, MOTORCYCLE MAINTENANCE AND CONSTRUCTION (PAINTING AND DECORATING, JOINERY, ELECTRICS, PLUMBING AND BRICK LAYING).B)TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT, LIFE SKILLS AND TRAINING WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.C)THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF RACE, GENDER, DISABILITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR RELIGION AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF TEAM WORK TO FOSTER AN UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS.
Grants received
15 grants · £120,172 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
- Northern Rock Foundation · £91,560 (2 grants)
- Community Foundation North East · £18,710 (12 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £9,902
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.
6 trustees on the board
- Alan Rice Chair since 2014
- Christopher Bushell Chris since 2016
- Danny Richardson since 2016
- Glenn Merton since 2016
- Lewis Ridley since 2020
- Richard Sawyer Dicky since 2016
Trustees past 6 years
- Alan Rice Chair since 2014
- Christopher Bushell Chris since 2016
- Danny Richardson since 2016
- Glenn Merton since 2016
- Lewis Ridley since 2020
- Richard Sawyer Dicky since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Alan Rice Chair since 2014
- Christopher Bushell Chris since 2016
- Danny Richardson since 2016
- Glenn Merton since 2016
- Lewis Ridley since 2020
- Richard Sawyer Dicky since 2016
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
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
- 1084227
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 8 FEBRUARY 1999 AS AMENDED ON 4 DECEMBER 2000 AND 19 DECEMBER 2008AS AMENDED ON 09 JAN 2020
- Contact on the register
- 01914839483 · info@wheelsproject.co.uk
- 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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