Registered charity · Newcastle upon Tyne
Liberdade Community Development Trust
- 9 trustees
- Income £1.0m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- AMY Louise GoldingTrustee · since 2015
- Duncan SellersTrustee · since 2025
- Edward Johnson DenhamTrustee · since 2022
- Helen BramallTrustee · since 2026
- Helen WalkinshawTrustee · since 2024
- Joanne BlackettTrustee · since 2023
- Kelly Rhys JonesTrustee · since 2023
- Lorna SnowballTrustee · since 2023
- Michael TrobeTrustee · 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, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability and 3 more
- Where
- Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside, South Tyneside and more
- Website
- www.liberdade.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Liberdade Community Development Trust
- Registered
- 2015
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.0m£1.2m
- 2024£2.6m£620k
- 2023£1.4m£772k
Earlier years
- 2022£485k£645k
- 2021£712k£479k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (OBJECTS) ARE:3.1 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE LEARNING DISABLED COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES;3.2 TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY WORKING WITH PEOPLE IN THE LEARNING DISABLED COMMUNITY TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF SUCH PEOPLE AND ASSIST THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY, IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING RECREATIONAL, CULTURAL AND EDUCATION FACILITIES SO THAT SUCH PEOPLE CAN PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY WITHIN THE WIDER COMMUNITY; 3.3 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN ORDER TO INCREASE AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE ISSUES FACING PERSONS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES;3.4 TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE; 3.5 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS;3.6 TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF PEOPLE, PRIMARILY BUT NOT LIMITED TO THOSE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES, BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES, SUPPORT AND SERVICES NOT NORMALLY PROVIDED BY THE STATUTORY AUTHORITIES WITH PARTICULAR FOCUS ON EXERCISE, NUTRITION AND FITNESS; AND3.7 SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF CHARITY IN ENGLAND AND WALES.
Grants received
41 grants · £1,878,742 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
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £773,776 (5 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £289,980 (6 grants)
- Community Foundation North East · £257,841 (14 grants)
- The Tudor Trust · £165,000 (4 grants)
- The Clothworkers' Foundation · £158,500 (2 grants)
Most recent
- Postcode Community Trust
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.
9 trustees on the board
- AMY Louise Golding since 2015
- Duncan Sellers since 2025
- Edward Johnson Denham since 2022
- Helen Bramall since 2026
- Helen Walkinshaw since 2024
- Joanne Blackett since 2023
- Kelly Rhys Jones since 2023
- Lorna Snowball since 2023
- Michael Trobe since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- AMY Louise Golding since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- AMY Louise Golding since 2015
- Duncan Sellers since 2025
- Edward Johnson Denham since 2022
- Helen Bramall since 2026
- Helen Walkinshaw since 2024
- Joanne Blackett since 2023
- Kelly Rhys Jones since 2023
- Lorna Snowball since 2023
- Michael Trobe 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.
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
0.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 1.1 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1163955
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 28/03/2008NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 30/07/2015AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 26/08/2015AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 26/08/2015AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 05/10/2015
- Companies House
- Company number 06548122 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01912843700 · info@liberdade.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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