Registered charity · Newcastle upon Tyne
Schools Northeast
- 12 trustees
- Income £714k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- John HardyChair · since 2012
- Christina JonesTrustee · since 2022
- Colin Andrew LofthouseTrustee · since 2016
- Dame Maura ReganTrustee · since 2016
- Jo HeatonTrustee · since 2021
- Kate ChisholmTrustee · since 2021
- Kieran McgraneTrustee · since 2015
- Kieran MclaughlinTrustee · since 2018
- Mike ButlerTrustee · since 2023
- Monica ShepherdTrustee · since 2015
- Pete KingTrustee · since 2021
- Zoe CarrTrustee · since 2021
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training
- Where
- Throughout England
- Website
- www.schoolsnortheast.com (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Schools Northeast
- Registered
- 2009
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£714k£581k
- 2024£665k£552k
- 2023£590k£505k
Earlier years
- 2022£570k£523k
- 2021£425k£372k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2022: Government contracts 4%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 25, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY ESTABLISHING A NETWORK FOR SCHOOLS IN THE NORTH EAST OF ENGLAND TO WORK TOGETHER TO SUPPORT, INFORM AND INFLUENCE KEY REGIONAL STRATEGIES AND SO ENABLE SCHOOLS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF EDUCATION AND BUILD LINKS WITH THE EMPLOYMENT SECTOR ("THE OBJECTS").
Grants received
2 grants · £107,000 total360Giving 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
- Community Foundation North East · £107,000 (2 grants)
Most recent
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.
12 trustees on the board
- John Hardy Chair since 2012
- Christina Jones since 2022
- Colin Andrew Lofthouse since 2016
- Dame Maura Regan since 2016
- Jo Heaton since 2021
- Kate Chisholm since 2021
- Kieran Mcgrane since 2015
- Kieran Mclaughlin since 2018
- Monica Shepherd since 2015
- Mike Butler since 2023
- Pete King since 2021
- Zoe Carr since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- John Hardy Chair since 2012
- Colin Andrew Lofthouse since 2016
- Dame Maura Regan since 2016
- Kieran Mcgrane since 2015
- Kieran Mclaughlin since 2018
- Monica Shepherd since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (11)
- John Hardy Chair since 2012
- Christina Jones since 2022
- Colin Andrew Lofthouse since 2016
- Jo Heaton since 2021
- Kate Chisholm since 2021
- Kieran Mcgrane since 2015
- Kieran Mclaughlin since 2018
- Monica Shepherd since 2015
- Mike Butler since 2023
- Pete King since 2021
- Zoe Carr since 2021
Portfolio (1)
- Dame Maura Regan since 2016
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
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
11.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 8.3 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1129594
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 11/12/2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20/01/2009AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 28/03/2013
- Companies House
- Company number 06450637 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01912048866 · info@schoolsnortheast.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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