Registered charity · Rowlands Gill
Bringing Words to Life Limited
- 5 trustees
- Income £62k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th 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
- Education/training, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, Durham, Northumberland
- Website
- www.bringingwords.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Bringing Words to Life Limited
- Registered
- 2013
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£62k£59k
- 2024£59k£53k
- 2023£50k£44k
Earlier years
- 2022£44k£50k
- 2021£70k£65k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2023: Government grants 36%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THOSE RESIDING IN GATESHEAD AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, BY DEVELOPING KEY LITERACY SKILLS WITH THE AIM OF ADVANCING EDUCATIONAL AND EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS AND LIFE SKILLS.
Grants received
19 grants · £132,335 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
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £64,065 (6 grants)
- Community Foundation North East · £28,620 (8 grants)
- J J Charitable Trust · £20,000
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £7,650
- Point North · £7,000 (2 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
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.
5 trustees on the board
- Stuart Jackson Chair since 2013
- Elizabeth Helen Khalil since 2014
- Emma Barnett since 2013
- Jeremy Barnett since 2013
- Lauren Elizabeth White since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Stuart Jackson Chair since 2013
- Elizabeth Helen Khalil since 2014
- Emma Barnett since 2013
- Jeremy Barnett since 2013
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Stuart Jackson Chair since 2013
- Elizabeth Helen Khalil since 2014
- Emma Barnett since 2013
- Jeremy Barnett since 2013
- Lauren Elizabeth White since 2025
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
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1151661
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 18/01/2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 12/04/2013
- Companies House
- Company number 08366070 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07947955500 · Melanie@BringingWords.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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