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Registered charity (CIO) · Tyne and Wear

Joseph Cowen Lifelong Learning Centre CIO

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £46k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training
Where
Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside, South Tyneside and more
Website
weareexplore.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2017

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£46k£45k
  • 2024£45k£46k
  • 2023£42k£48k
Earlier years
  • 2022£43k£38k
  • 2021£48k£33k
Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF ADULTS IN THE NORTH EAST OF ENGLAND (THE AREA OF BENEFIT) BY THE PROVISION OF SHORT COURSES, SEMINARS, STUDY GROUPS, LECTURES AND OTHER SUCH ACTIVITIES.

Board analysis for researchers

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.

11 trustees on the board

5.6y median 6y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (2)

1
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 11Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

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

Education 2

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£46k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1174080
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 01 Aug 2017 as amended on 03 Dec 2020
Contact on the register
01912813153 · weareexplore@gmail.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
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