Registered charity · Newcastle upon Tyne
The Newbridge Project
- 8 trustees
- Income £594k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Ilana Rachel MitchellChair · since 2017
- Dr Aishah Brolly-CoyteTrustee · since 2026
- Dr Paul RichterTrustee · since 2017
- Eve MccrackenTrustee · since 2023
- Jonathan Woods CombeTrustee · since 2019
- Julia HeslopTrustee · since 2017
- Naomi Morrellee KinghornTrustee · since 2026
- Nathalie Sara BoobisTrustee · since 2026
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- thenewbridgeproject.com (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Newbridge Project
- Registered
- 2017
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£594k£590k
- 2024£625k£538k
- 2023£364k£428k
Earlier years
- 2022£472k£370k
- 2021£346k£253k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 34%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED TO FOSTER AND ADVANCE THE APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE ARTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.
Grants received
16 grants · £358,588 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
- Community Foundation North East · £210,800 (12 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £71,288
- Youth Music · £31,500
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £25,000
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £20,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
8 trustees on the board
- Ilana Rachel Mitchell Chair since 2017
- Dr Aishah Brolly-Coyte since 2026
- Dr Paul Richter since 2017
- Eve Mccracken since 2023
- Julia Heslop since 2017
- Jonathan Woods Combe since 2019
- Naomi Morrellee Kinghorn since 2026
- Nathalie Sara Boobis since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- Ilana Rachel Mitchell Chair since 2017
- Dr Paul Richter since 2017
- Julia Heslop since 2017
- Jonathan Woods Combe since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Ilana Rachel Mitchell Chair since 2017
- Dr Aishah Brolly-Coyte since 2026
- Dr Paul Richter since 2017
- Eve Mccracken since 2023
- Julia Heslop since 2017
- Jonathan Woods Combe since 2019
- Naomi Morrellee Kinghorn since 2026
- Nathalie Sara Boobis 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
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- 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
2.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 4.6 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1173849
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 25 JAN 2017 as amended on 28 Mar 2022 as amended on 11 Nov 2024
- Companies House
- Company number 10582100 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07761740691 · admin@thenewbridgeproject.com
- 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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