Registered charity · Newcastle upon Tyne
The Virgin Money Foundation
- 9 trustees
- Income £3.3m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Amanda Janet JordanTrustee · since 2021
- Edward Spencer YoungerTrustee · since 2021
- Emma IsaacTrustee · since 2024
- Hannah Elizabeth UnderwoodTrustee · since 2020
- Keith MerrinTrustee · since 2021
- Keith Richard BurgeTrustee · since 2020
- Lynsey WilsonTrustee · since 2026
- Mazin AlkirwiTrustee · since 2023
- Tamara DewhirstTrustee · since 2026
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Other Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland
- Website
- www.virginmoneyfoundation.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Virgin Money Foundation
- Registered
- 2015
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£3.3m£3.2m
- 2023£1.8m£2.2m
- 2022£1.9m£1.7m
Earlier years
- 2021£2.1m£2.0m
- 2020£1.6m£1.3m
Income trend, 2020 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE ONLY OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:1) TO PROMOTE THE SUSTAINABLE REGENERATION OF SOCIALLY OR ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED COMMUNITIES IN THE UK BY WHATEVER CHARITABLE MEANS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) BY PROVIDING SOCIAL INVESTMENT IN COMMUNITY HOUSING AND BUILDING PROJECTS, PROMOTING OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH WORK, EDUCATION, TRAINING AND ENTERPRISE ESPECIALLY IN SUCH PROJECTS, RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT AND THE PROMOTION OF OTHER COMMUNITY BASED PROJECTS; AND2) TO FURTHER SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN THE UK ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND & WALES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE (“THE OBJECTS”).
Grants received
1 grant · £850,000 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 · £850,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
Grants given
1,306 grants · £18,105,684 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 recipients
- Edberts House · £408,029 (6 grants)
- Scotcash CIC · £300,000
- Northern Theatre Trust Ltd · £300,000
- Emmaus North East · £300,000 (2 grants)
- Back On The Map · £288,935
Most recent
- lidget green primary
- Clydebank High School
- Headfield C E (C) Junior School
- Backworth Park Primary School
- Bowhouse Primary School
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Amanda Janet Jordan since 2021
- Edward Spencer Younger since 2021
- Emma Isaac since 2024
- Hannah Elizabeth Underwood since 2020
- Keith Merrin since 2021
- Keith Richard Burge since 2020
- Lynsey Wilson since 2026
- Mazin Alkirwi since 2023
- Tamara Dewhirst since 2026
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Amanda Janet Jordan since 2021
- Edward Spencer Younger since 2021
- Emma Isaac since 2024
- Hannah Elizabeth Underwood since 2020
- Keith Merrin since 2021
- Keith Richard Burge since 2020
- Lynsey Wilson since 2026
- Mazin Alkirwi since 2023
- Tamara Dewhirst since 2026
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
- 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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
6.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 18.1 in 2020
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1161290
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 25 FEB 2015AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 10/04/2015 as amended on 27 Nov 2019 as amended on 20 Jun 2021
- Companies House
- Company number 09457101 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 03301233624 · INFO@VIRGINMONEYFOUNDATION.ORG.UK
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th 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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