The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

Willing Hands

Registered charity 1128404 Registered since 2009

Operates: Gateshead, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, Sunderland, Durham, Northumberland, Darlington, Angola, Ghana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia

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Board DNA

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7
trustees on the board
7y median 7y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure
5
trustees past 6 years
6.9y
average years in governance
6 vs 0 portfolio
first-time trustees
0
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

Education/training 7The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 7The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 7

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  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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Contact

Websitewww.willing-hands.org
Phone01912662033
Address9 Holyfields, West Allotment, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE27 0EU

Finances

£1,032 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£0£248
2022£24£392
2023£1£610
2024£0£760
2025£1,032£40

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyOverseas Aid/famine Relief

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Other FinanceProvides Human ResourcesActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS AMONG PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS, PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN SOUTH AFRICA THROUGH:* THE PROVISION OF ANTI-RETROVIRAL AND/OR OTHER MEDICAL TREATMENTS* THE PROVISION OR ASSISTANCE TO PROVIDE PROJECT STO GROW NUTRITIOUS FOOD AND TO DEVELOP INITIATIVES TO INVOLVE LOCAL COMMUNITIES FOR SUCH PROVISION* SUPPORT FOR MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AFFECTED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY THROUGH HIV/AIDS SO AS TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE* THE RELIEF IN CASE OF FINANCIAL DISTRESS OF DEPENDANTS OF THOSE AFFECTED BY HIV/AIDS* THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN CHILDCARE AND OTHER SERVICES SUCH AS EDUCATIONTHE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN ALL MATTERS RELATING TO THE TREATMENT OF HIV/AIDS PRIMARILY IN SOUTH AFRICAACTING AS A RESOURCE FOR COMMUNITIES, GROUPS AND ORGANISATIONS IN THE NORTH EAST OF ENGLAND. PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE, BY THE ORGANISING OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF DEVELOPING AWARENESS OF HIV/AIDS WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO SOUTH AFRICA

Governing document: TRUST DEED MADE 30 APRIL 2008

Trustees (7)

7trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (1)

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