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Registered charity (CIO) · Gateshead

GJ Library

GJ Library is a registered charity (number 1168329) based in Gateshead, governed by 4 trustees. Latest income £99k (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £99k (2024)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Religious Activities, Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne City
Registered
2016

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£99k£48k
  • 2023£39k£46k
  • 2022£24k£47k
Earlier years
  • 2021£26k£32k
  • 2020£78k£40k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2020: Government grants 13%. From the charity's annual return.

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.

Grants received

5 grants · £58,000 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

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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.

4 trustees on the board

10y median 10y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

16.2y
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

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£99k latest income

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1168329
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - Foundation Registered 20 Jul 2016
Contact on the register
01916767543 · gjliraryforms@gmail.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
Labels
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