The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Mortal Fools

Registered charity 1153400 Registered since 2013

Operates: Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, Sunderland, Cumbria, Durham, Northumberland, Cheshire West & Chester

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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.

10 trustees on the board

3.3y median 3y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (1)

10
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 10Education/training 10

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

Education 10Arts and leisure 1Professional services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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£620k 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.

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

14 from 11 in 2022
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.
24%
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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.mortalfools.org.uk
Emailinfo@mortalfools.org.uk
Phone0191 5801250
AddressWansbeck Workspace, Rotary Parkway, Ashington, Northumberland, NE63 8QZ

Finances

£620,346 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£485,890£405,146
2022£620,609£382,441
2023£434,654£492,393
2024£592,789£610,792
2025£620,346£655,772

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

For the benefit of the public particularly but not exclusively in the north of England, the Company’s Objects are, through the teaching, practice and showcasing of the arts in all their forms:(1) To help children and young people develop their skills, capacity and capabilities to enable them to participate fully in society as responsible, mature and fulfilled individuals;(2) To advance the mental health education of children, young people, their significant adults and the general public to improve mental wellbeing;(3) To promote, support and improve the social inclusion of children and young people who are socially excluded by providing them with opportunities to access activities and develop their skills and experiences in such a way that they are better able to participate more fully in society;(For the purposes of this clause ‘socially excluded’ means children and young people (up to aged 25) who are excluded from society, or parts of society (like social circles) as a result of one or more of the following factors: socio-economic circumstances; race; gender; poor educational or skills attainment; mental health; disability; bullying and harassment and ethnic origin. (4) To maintain, improve, and advance arts education of children and young people, professional artists and the general public.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 12 JUN 2012AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 20 AUG 2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 08 AUG 2013AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 17 MAR 2016 as amended on 01 Dec 2020 as amended on 28 Feb 2022

Trustees (10)

10trustees
41median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Mortal Fools · 08102487 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 12/06/2012

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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