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Registered charity (CIO) · Gateshead

The Comfrey Project CIO

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £332k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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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
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Arts/culture/heritage/science and 3 more
Where
Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside, South Tyneside and more
Website
thecomfreyproject.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2017

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£332k£264k
  • 2024£162k£247k
  • 2023£285k£258k
Earlier years
  • 2022£187k£197k
  • 2021£169k£154k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 38%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO PROVIDE FACILITIES AND SERVICES FOR THE RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE REFUGEES AND SEEKING ASYLUM, IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE AND GENERAL WELL-BEING, PRIMARILY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF HORTICULTURAL AND NATURE BASED ACTIVITIES.

Grants received

39 grants · £712,604 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.

Top funders

Most recent

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.

7 trustees on the board

2.3y median 2y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

2.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (1)

0
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 7The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 7The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 7

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

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£332k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1175224
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - ASSOCIATION REGISTERED 18 OCT 2017AMENDED ON 15 FEB 2024 as amended on 15 Feb 2024
Contact on the register
01914477801 · info@thecomfreyproject.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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