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Registered charity · Newcastle upon Tyne

Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £13m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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
Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Religious Activities and 1 more
Where
Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside, South Tyneside and more
Website
www.diocesehn.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle
Registered
2011

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£13m£16m
  • 2024£13m£14m
  • 2023£10m£12m
Earlier years
  • 2022£9.8m£10m
  • 2021£7.3m£9.5m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

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

Charitable objects

5.1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIGION IN THE DIOCESE OR ELSEWHERE BY SUCH MEANS AS THE BISHOP AND THE DIRECTORS THINK FIT, AND THE PROVISION OF CHARITABLE SUPPORT OR SERVICES (WHETHER IN THE DIOCESE OR ELSEWHERE) IN FURTHERANCE OF THAT OBJECT.5.2 THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES AND DOCTRINES OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIGION PARTICULARLY BY THE PROVISION AND SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS (WHETHER IN THE DIOCESE OR ELSEWHERE) AND THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AS THE BISHOP AND THE DIRECTORS SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.5.3 SUCH OTHER INCIDENTAL, ANCILLARY OR ASSOCIATED CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AS THE BISHOP AND THE DIRECTORS FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.THIS IS THE INCORPORATED SUCCESSOR CHARITY TO THE FOLLOWING CHARITIES: CHARITY NUMBER 234071 - CHARITY FOR ROMAN CATHOLIC PURPOSES IN THE DIOCESE OF HEXHAM AND NEWCASTLE AND CHARITY NUMBER 235686 - HEXHAM AND NEWCASTLE DIOCESAN TRUST (1947)

Grants received

24 grants · £6,219,243 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.

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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.

2.5y median 3y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
6.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (3)

7
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 9Overseas Aid/famine Relief 9The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 9General Charitable Purposes 1Religious Activities 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Other services 8Education 3Health and social care 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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£12.9m latest income · spending exceeded income 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.

10.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 25.3 in 2021

183 from 147 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1143450
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 08/08/2011 as amended on 27 Feb 2023 as amended on 25 Jul 2024 as amended on 25 Jul 2024 as amended on 30 Apr 2025
Companies House
Company number 07732977 · Active
Contact on the register
01912433300 · chiefoperatingofficer@diocesehn.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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