The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

A WAY OUT

Registered charity 1137535 Registered since 2010

Operates: Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar And Cleveland, Stockton-on-tees

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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.

6 trustees on the board

4.2y median 4y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

6
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 6The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 6The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 6

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 7

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£1.2m 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.

2.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 5.7 in 2021

35 from 26 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.
50%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.awayout.co.uk
Emailinfo@awayout.co.uk
Phone01642655071
AddressA Way Out, The Gate, Unit 1-2, Castlegate Quay, The Riverside, STOCKTON

Finances

£1,248,582 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£766,884£702,246
2022£701,196£781,389
2023£773,938£839,530
2024£1,030,210£992,074
2025£1,248,582£1,213,755

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyHuman Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Defined Groups

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

TO RELIEVE SUFFERING AND PROMOTE GOOD HEALTH AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AMONGST MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE BOROUGH OF STOCKTON ON TEES AND SURROUNDING AREAS AFFECTED BY DRUGS, PARTICULARLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY AMONGST WOMEN, CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE.TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 01/06/2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27/01/2016

Trustees (6)

6trustees
50median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

A WAY OUT · 06265354 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 01/06/2007

3 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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