Registered charity · Tyne and Wear
Youth Focus North East
- 9 trustees
- Income £1.3m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Robert James LaycockChair · since 2023
- Charlie LambTrustee · since 2026
- David HesselberthTrustee · since 2017
- James Michael SibbaldTrustee · since 2025
- Jennie Louise Clarke FranksTrustee · since 2023
- Karen Marie MarshallTrustee · since 2020
- Michelle Ann AtkinsonTrustee · since 2023
- MR M F BagnallTrustee
- Norma TullockTrustee · since 2015
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Throughout England
- Website
- www.youthfocusne.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Youth Focus North East
- Registered
- 2004
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.3m£1.2m
- 2024£1.1m£1.0m
- 2023£1.1m£1.1m
Earlier years
- 2022£862k£768k
- 2021£596k£554k
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE NORTH EAST OF ENGLAND FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND IN PARTICULAR:I) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND THOSE WHO WORK WITH YOUNG PEOPLE;II) THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT AMONGST YOUNG PEOPLE
Board analysis for researchers
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Robert James Laycock Chair since 2023
- Charlie Lamb since 2026
- David Hesselberth since 2017
- James Michael Sibbald since 2025
- Jennie Louise Clarke Franks since 2023
- Karen Marie Marshall since 2020
- MR M F Bagnall
- Michelle Ann Atkinson since 2023
- Norma Tullock since 2015
Trustees past 6 years
- David Hesselberth since 2017
- Karen Marie Marshall since 2020
- Norma Tullock since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Robert James Laycock Chair since 2023
- Charlie Lamb since 2026
- David Hesselberth since 2017
- James Michael Sibbald since 2025
- Jennie Louise Clarke Franks since 2023
- Karen Marie Marshall since 2020
- Michelle Ann Atkinson since 2023
Portfolio (2)
- MR M F Bagnall
- Norma Tullock since 2015
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
2.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 4.9 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1101799
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 19/07/2003AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 03/03/2014
- Companies House
- Company number 04838559 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01914779966 · mail@youthfocusne.org.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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