The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Greatham Foundation Ltd

Registered charity 1123540 Registered since 2008

Operates: Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, Sunderland, Durham, Northumberland, Hartlepool, Stockton-on-tees, Darlington

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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.

7 trustees on the board

5.7y median 6y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

15.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (1)

7
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 7Accommodation/housing 6The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 6Education/training 1Religious Activities 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.

Health and social care 7Education 4Professional services 4

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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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£4.1m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
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.

9.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 6.9 in 2020

98 from 182 in 2020
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.
38%
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

Websitewww.thegreathamfoundation.org.uk
Emailadministration@thegreathamfoundation.org.uk
Phone01429870247
AddressThe Greatham Foundation, Greatham, Hartlepool, TS25 2HS

Finances

£4,548,764 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£5,029,494£5,748,978
2022£3,888,197£5,141,759
2023£3,708,834£4,261,925
2024£4,102,249£4,454,591
2025£4,548,764£5,438,352

What it does

What

DisabilityThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyAccommodation/housingReligious Activities

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

3. THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED ARE:3.13.1.1 THE PROVISION OF HOUSING ACCOMMODATION AND EXTRA-CARE ACCOMMODATION FOR BENEFICIARIES;3.1.2 THE PROVISION OF GRANTS NOT EXCEEDING ·5000 IN ANY ONE YEAR FOR SUCH PAROCHIAL AND CHARITABLE PURPOSES WITHIN THE PARISH OF GREATHAM AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT;3.1.3 THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO SUFFERERS OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND RELATED DISORDERS. THE CHARITY MAY RELIEVE PERSONS IN NEED BY:(I) MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY TO THEM OR FOR THEIR BENEFIT;(II) PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR GOODS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES FOR THEM; OR(III) MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY TO OTHER PERSONS OR BODIES WHO PROVIDE GOODS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES TO THOSE IN NEED;3.1.4 THE APPROPRIATION OF BUNGALOWS, ALMS HOUSES AND OTHER PROPERTY BELONGING TO THE CHARITY FOR THE USE OF RESIDENTS AN BRETHREN OF THE CHARITY; AND 3.1.5 THE MAINTENANCE OF THE CHAPEL WHICH IS DEVOTED TO THE PERFORMANCE OF DIVINE SERVICE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BRETHREN AND RESIDENTS OF THE CHARITY.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 13 MARCH 2008. as amended on 13 Nov 2024

Trustees (7)

7trustees
68median age
3aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Greatham Foundation LTD · 06533385 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 13/03/2008

3 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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