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Registered charity · Newcastle upon Tyne

Newcastle United Foundation

Newcastle United Foundation is a registered charity (number 1124896) based in Newcastle upon Tyne, governed by 10 trustees and chaired by John Marshall since 2012. Latest income £7.9m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £7.9m (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, Amateur Sport
Where
Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside, South Tyneside and more
Website
www.nufoundation.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Newcastle United Foundation
Registered
2008

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£7.9m£7.8m
  • 2024£7.4m£7.3m
  • 2023£6.4m£6.2m
Earlier years
  • 2022£8.0m£5.5m
  • 2021£8.3m£3.5m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 8%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO 1) ADVANCE AND ASSIST IN ADVANCING EDUCATION.2) PROMOTE OR ASSIST IN PROMOTING COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION.3) PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECTS OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THOSE FOR WHOM THE FACILITIES ARE PROVIDED;4) RELIEVE SICKNESS AND DISABILITY AND TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT HEALTH; AND5) PROMOTE ANY OTHER PURPOSE WHICH IS CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO ENGLISH LAW.

Grants received

51 grants · £3,995,265 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

Most recent

  • Postcode Active Trust £600,0002025-02-18
  • Point North £1,9892025-02-06
  • Point North £2,0002024-08-21
  • Point North £5,0002024-08-21
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £119,1412024-03-20
Board analysis

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.

10 trustees on the board

5.3y median 5y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (2)

9
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 10Education/training 10The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 10

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Business services 13Tech and media 9Arts and leisure 3

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£7.9m 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.

16.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 2.8 in 2021

152 from 102 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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1124896
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 30/10/2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29/01/2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11/02/2016
Companies House
Company number 06412345 · Active
Contact on the register
01918200848 · foundation@nufc.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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