The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

GJ Library

Registered charity 1168329 CIO Registered since 2016

Operates: Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne City

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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.

4 trustees on the board

10y median 10y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

16.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

Portfolio (4)

4
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 4Religious Activities 4The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 4

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

Property 54Retail and trade 10Business services 9

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£99k latest income

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.

Related organisations

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Emailgjliraryforms@gmail.com
Phone01916767543
Address163 Alexandra Road, Gateshead, NE8 1RB

Finances

£98,699 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£77,769£40,431
2021£26,470£31,533
2022£24,031£46,673
2023£38,541£45,653
2024£98,699£47,950

What it does

What

Education/trainingReligious ActivitiesArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With Disabilities

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

1) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GATESHEAD AND ITS ENVIRONS, BY THE RUNNING AND MANAGEMENT OF A COMMUNITY LIBRARY IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO JEWISH LITERATURE AND MATERIAL; AND2) TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF GATESHEAD AND ITS ENVIRONS THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Governing document: CIO - Foundation Registered 20 Jul 2016

Trustees (4)

4trustees
40median age
0aged 70+

Connected charities (3)

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