Registered charity · Tyne and Wear
Believers of the Living Word Church
- 3 trustees
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Mena AberaTrustee · since 2024
- Michael TarikuTrustee · since 2008
- Sara KidanyTrustee · since 2024
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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People on this board also serve on 1 other charity:
- Ethiopian Community in Newcastle · 1 shared trustee
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About
- What it does
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside, South Tyneside and more
- Registered
- 2007
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025--
- 2024£12k£4k
- 2023£15k£5k
Earlier years
- 2022£9k£3k
- 2021£3k£275
Charitable objects
1 TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH2 TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN A CONDITION OF NEED, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS
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.
3 trustees on the board
- Mena Abera since 2024
- Michael Tariku since 2008
- Sara Kidany since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Michael Tariku since 2008
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (2)
- Mena Abera since 2024
- Sara Kidany since 2024
Portfolio (1)
- Michael Tariku since 2008
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves
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
- 1121888
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 21 OCTOBER 2007
- Contact on the register
- 07877964611 · degutariku@yahoo.com
- 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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