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Registered charity 1116530 Registered since 2006

Operates: Throughout England

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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.

9 trustees on the board

3.3y median 4y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (4)

5
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 2Economic/community Development/employment 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1General Charitable Purposes 1Religious Activities 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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.

Professional services 6Other services 5Education 3

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£66.4m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

6.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 0.6 in 2021

1086 from 1560 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
60%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websiteshaftesburygroup.org
Emailinfo@shaftesburygroup.org
Phone0191 300 9970
AddressCoburg House, 1 Coburg St, Gateshead, NE8 1NS

Finances

£66,413,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£46,138,000£48,433,000
2022£53,516,000£50,287,000
2023£49,843,000£54,131,000
2024£60,423,000£58,839,000
2025£66,413,000£61,157,000

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyAccommodation/housingEconomic/community Development/employmentRecreation

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

3.1 TO ASSIST OR EDUCATE ANY PERSON IN CHARITABLE NEED, AND IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY DISABLED PERSON AND THE PARENTS, GUARDIANS AND CARERS OF SUCH PEOPLE BY WHATEVER MEANS; AND3.2 TO PROVIDE FACILITIES, SUPPORT, ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE FOR CHRISTIAN CONGREGATIONS, OTHER CHRISTIAN GROUPINGS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS SEEKING TO ALLEVIATE CHARITABLE NEEDS,IN EACH CASE IN A MANNER WHICH AUTHENTICATES THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AND ITS MORAL PRINCIPLES IN A SPIRIT OF LOVE AND PRACTICAL CHRISTIAN SERVICE. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THESE OBJECTS 'CHRISTIAN FAITH' MEANS THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AS REVEALED AND EXPRESSED IN THE HOLY SCRIPTURES BOTH OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 16/10/2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 09/11/2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29/01/2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 08/11/2013

Trustees (9)

9trustees
65median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Livability · 05967087 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 16/10/2006

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (5)

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