Registered charity · Tyne and Wear
Equals (Entitlement and Quality Education for Pupils With Learning Difficulties
- 10 trustees
- Income £321k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Alistair CrawfordTrustee · since 2017
- Cheryl GaughanTrustee · since 2025
- James WallerTrustee · since 2019
- Joanna WilliamsTrustee · since 2025
- Joy DawsonTrustee · since 2017
- Kate CampbellTrustee · since 2019
- Kris WilliamsTrustee · since 2019
- Lila KossyvakiTrustee · since 2022
- Peter ImrayTrustee
- Trish TurnerTrustee · since 2022
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Ireland and more
- Website
- www.equals.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Equals (Entitlement and Quality Education for Pupils With Learning Difficulties)
- Registered
- 2008
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£321k£237k
- 2024£266k£224k
- 2023£223k£190k
Earlier years
- 2022£159k£158k
- 2021£119k£98k
Charitable objects
THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY PROMOTING THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF EDUCATION FOR PUPILS WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES; THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE FOR TEACHERS OF SUCH PERSONS; AND RAISING AWARENESS IN ALL MATTERS RELATING TO PUPILS WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES.
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.
10 trustees on the board
- Alistair Crawford since 2017
- Cheryl Gaughan since 2025
- James Waller since 2019
- Joanna Williams since 2025
- Joy Dawson since 2017
- Kate Campbell since 2019
- Kris Williams since 2019
- Lila Kossyvaki since 2022
- Peter Imray
- Trish Turner since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Alistair Crawford since 2017
- James Waller since 2019
- Joy Dawson since 2017
- Kate Campbell since 2019
- Kris Williams since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Alistair Crawford since 2017
- Cheryl Gaughan since 2025
- James Waller since 2019
- Joy Dawson since 2017
- Kate Campbell since 2019
- Kris Williams since 2019
- Lila Kossyvaki since 2022
- Peter Imray
- Trish Turner since 2022
Portfolio (1)
- Joanna Williams since 2025
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1126263
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 15 AUGUST 2007
- Companies House
- Company number 06343942 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01912721222 · admin@equalsoffice.co.uk
- 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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