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Registered charity · Newcastle upon Tyne

North East Museums Development Trust

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £551k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside, South Tyneside and more
Website
www.northeastmuseums.org.uk/governance/arrangements#development-trust (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
North East Museums Development Trust
Registered
2010

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£551k£665k
  • 2024£569k£521k
  • 2023£617k£537k
Earlier years
  • 2022£470k£285k
  • 2021£233k£103k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC (PARTICULARLY, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THOSE WITHIN THAT PART OF NORTH EAST ENGLAND IN WHICH NORTH EAST MUSEUMS OPERATE) BY ENCOURAGING THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE ACTIVITIES OF AN ARCHIVE AND MUSEUM SERVICE MANAGED BY NORTH EAST MUSEUMS AND TO VALUE IT FOR THE POSITIVE IMPACT THAT IT MAKES UPON THEIR LIVES;TO ADVANCE ART, CULTURE, HERITAGE AND SCIENCE BY SUPPORTING NORTH EAST MUSEUMS TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A WORLD CLASS ARCHIVE AND MUSEUM SERVICE THAT IS ACCESSIBLE AND ENLIGHTENING;TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY AND GOOD CITIZENSHIP BY SUPPORTING NORTH EAST MUSEUMS TO HELP TO EQUIP PEOPLE WITH THE CAPACITY TO UNDERSTAND AND OPERATE SUCCESSFULLY IN SOCIETY; ANDSUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY CONSISTENT WITH THE OBJECTS ABOVE AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE.

Grants received

77 grants · £27,321,273 total

360Giving 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

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £22,784,649 (55 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £3,988,992 (6 grants)
  • John Ellerman Foundation · £168,412 (2 grants)
  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport · £150,000
  • Community Foundation North East · £80,370 (6 grants)

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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.

6 trustees on the board

6.5y median 6y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

15.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (1)

5
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 6Economic/community Development/employment 6Environment/conservation/heritage 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.

Arts and leisure 8Manufacturing 3Professional services 3

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.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£551k latest income
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.

2.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 3.8 in 2021

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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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1137867
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 3 AUGUST 2010 as amended on 18 Mar 2025 as amended on 18 Mar 2025
Companies House
Company number 07334262 · Active
Contact on the register
07920295748 · jackie.reynolds@northeastmuseums.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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