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The Literary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne

Registered charity 1120948 Registered since 2007

Operates: Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, Sunderland, Cumbria, Durham, Northumberland, Middlesbrough

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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.

12 trustees on the board

2.6y median 2y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (4)

12
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 12Arts/culture/heritage/science 11Environment/conservation/heritage 10Amateur Sport 1Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity 1Other Charitable Purposes 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.

Arts and leisure 13Hospitality 10Health and social care 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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£1.5m latest income
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.

0.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

15
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.

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

Websitewww.litandphil.org.uk
Emaillibrary@litandphil.org.uk
Phone01912320192
AddressLITERARY & PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, 23 WESTGATE ROAD, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE1 1SE

Finances

£1,496,451 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£426,751£413,380
2021£401,572£438,974
2022£390,198£456,276
2023£479,311£526,556
2024£1,496,451£553,513

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Services

Charitable objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE INHABITANTS OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE AND THE SURROUNDING REGION BY PROMOTING THE STUDY OF LANGUAGE, LITERATURE, PHILOSOPHY, SCIENCE, HISTORY, MUSIC AND THE FINE ARTS BY THE FOLLOWING MEANS:1) BY PROVING AND MAINTAINING A LIBRARY FOR THE USE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS;2) BY PROVIDING UNIVERSITY EXTENSION AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL LECTURES AND CLASSES FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS;3) BY RAISING FUNDS BY CHARGING SUBSCRIPTIONS AND MAKING OTHER CHARGES, SUCH FUNDS TO BE APPLIED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE CHARITY;4) BY SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE CHARITY MAY THINK FIT.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 20 APRIL 2007. as amended on 23 May 2019

Trustees (12)

12trustees
67median age
5aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Literary & Philosophical Society of Newcastle Upon Tyne · 06220953 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 20/04/2007

2 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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