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Registered charity · Newcastle upon Tyne

The Chronicle Sunshine Fund

The Chronicle Sunshine Fund is a registered charity (number 1133293) based in Newcastle upon Tyne, governed by 11 trustees and chaired by Helen Dalby since 2018. Latest income £427k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

The Charity’s objects are to benefit the sick or disabled young people up to and including the age of 18 years living in the English counties of Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, Durham and Cleveland (“the Area of Benefit”) including but not limited...

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £427k (2025)
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About

What it does
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability
Where
Newcastle Upon Tyne City, Sunderland, Durham, Northumberland and more
Website
thesunshinefund.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Chronicle Sunshine Fund
Registered
2009

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£427k£490k
  • 2024£398k£320k
  • 2023£340k£300k
Earlier years
  • 2022£261k£310k
  • 2021£318k£320k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

The Charity’s objects are to benefit the sick or disabled young people up to and including the age of 18 years living in the English counties of Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, Durham and Cleveland (“the Area of Benefit”) including but not limited to:(a) Provision of funds for, or paying for, specialist equipment items for beneficiaries where they or those with responsibility for them could not otherwise afford those items and where those items are not provided by the NHS, Local Authorities or other similar public service;(b) providing recreational and leisure time activities in the interest of social welfare with a view to improving their conditions of life; (c) providing support and activities which develop their skills, capacities and capabilities to enable them to participate in society as mature and responsible individuals; and(d) providing family and organisation support to them and their families including, but not limited to, outreach services, support with applications and befriending, signposting to and facilitating introductions between their families.

Grants received

58 grants · £773,327 total

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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.

11 trustees on the board

4.7y median 4y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (2)

11
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 11Education/training 11The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 11

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 12Other services 4Arts and leisure 2

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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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£398k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1133293
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 1 OCTOBER 2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 23 MAR 2018AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 01 DEC 2018 as amended on 02 Feb 2021
Companies House
Company number 07035903 · Active
Contact on the register
01914683281 · DAVID.WILSON@THESUNSHINEFUND.ORG
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
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