The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

More Than Grandparents

Registered charity 1173253 CIO Registered since 2017

Operates: Sunderland

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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.

5 trustees on the board

3.2y median 3y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

3.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

0
company-linked trustees

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

General Charitable Purposes 5

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • 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.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
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2025
incomespending£177k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

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.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.morethangrandparents.com
EmailMorethangrandparents@gmail.com
Phone07501191338
AddressLambton House, First Floor, 145 High Street West, West Sunniside, Tyne and Wear, Sunderla

Finances

£176,795 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£115,426£38,593
2022£70,809£25,775
2023£167,799£130,039
2024£189,000£125,000
2025£176,795£145,720

What it does

What

General Charitable Purposes

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeopleOther Defined Groups

How

Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE THE BETTER CARE, UPBRINGING AND ESTABLISHMENT IN LIFE OF CHILDREN RESIDING IN SUNDERLAND AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, IN PARTICULAR BY A) PROMOTING THE ROLE OF KINSHIP CARE, PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY GRANDPARENTS, AT ALL LEVELS, PARTICULARLY IN CIRCUMSTANCES OF FAMILY BREAKDOWN, SINGLE PARENTHOOD OR OTHER DIFFICULT CONDITIONS; B) SUPPORTING AND ADVISING GRANDPARENTS AND OTHER KIN WHO ARE ACTING AS, OR INTEND TO ACT AS, CARERS, PARTICULARLY IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES OUTLINED ABOVE C) THE RELIEF OF CHILDREN, THEIR CARERS AND CARERS FAMILIES BY PROVIDING FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 02 Jun 2017

Trustees (5)

5trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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