Registered charity · North Shields
Acorns (North Tyneside)
To relieve the needs of children and young people, adults and families whohave suffered from and/or are likely to suffer from violence in their homes orelsewhere particularly by the provision of support services and advicecalculated to relieve those needs
- 5 trustees
- Income £616k (2026)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Fabienne ThompsonChair · since 2021
- David LovenburyTrustee · since 2024
- Georgia May Patricia ThompsonTrustee · since 2026
- Keith John WilliamsonTrustee · since 2020
- Sarah CharltonTrustee · since 2024
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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People on this board also serve on 3 other charities:
- Search: Services for Older People CIO · 1 shared trustee
- Dementia Matters · 1 shared trustee
- The Elders Council of Newcastle Limited · 1 shared trustee
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Northumberland, North Tyneside
- Website
- www.acornsproject.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Acorns (North Tyneside)
- Registered
- 2014
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2026£616k£521k
- 2025£540k£705k
- 2024£650k£641k
Earlier years
- 2023£628k£624k
- 2022£595k£553k
Charitable objects
To relieve the needs of children and young people, adults and families whohave suffered from and/or are likely to suffer from violence in their homes orelsewhere particularly by the provision of support services and advicecalculated to relieve those needs
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.
5 trustees on the board
- Fabienne Thompson Chair since 2021
- David Lovenbury since 2024
- Georgia May Patricia Thompson since 2026
- Keith John Williamson since 2020
- Sarah Charlton since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Keith John Williamson since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Fabienne Thompson Chair since 2021
- Georgia May Patricia Thompson since 2026
- Sarah Charlton since 2024
Portfolio (2)
- David Lovenbury since 2024
- Keith John Williamson since 2020
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.
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
0.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 4.3 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1157078
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 09 JAN 2014 as amended on 13 May 2021 as amended on 26 Mar 2026
- Companies House
- Company number 08838624 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01913498366 · admin@acornsproject.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th 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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