The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

Common Room of the Great North Limited

Registered charity 1175946 Registered since 2017

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

10 trustees on the board

7.2y median 8y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

4
company-linked trustees

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

Dormant 1Finance 1Manufacturing 1

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.

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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£610k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

25
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

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.thecommonroom.org.uk
Emailhello@thecommonroom.org.uk
Phone01912509717
AddressNeville Hall, Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 1SE

Finances

£609,652 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£2,565,748£3,874,326
2022£1,159,229£1,083,180
2023£942,546£1,035,147
2024£902,457£1,071,968
2025£609,652£738,494

What it does

What

Arts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, EDUCATION IN THE PRACTICE AND UNDERSTANDING OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS, IN PARTICULAR IN THE NORTH-EAST REGION BY:A) OWNING, OPERATING AND MAINTAINING A BUILDING (KNOWN AS NEVILLE HALL IN NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE) USED FOR THE PRESENTATION OF DEBATES, CONFERENCES, COURSES, EXHIBITIONS, EVENTS, LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS.B) OWNING, PRESERVING, PROTECTING AND PROMOTING THE CULTURAL, INDUSTRIAL AND ENGINEERING HERITAGE OF THE BUILDING AND ITS COLLECTION OF DOCUMENTS, BOOKS AND OBJECTS.C) PROMOTING PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE AND AWARENESS OF THE ROLES PLAYED BY SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS AND INNOVATION IN THE PAST PRESENT AND FUTURE OF THE NORTH-EAST REGION.THE NORTH-EAST REGION MEANS THE ADMINISTRATIVE AREAS OF THE BOROUGHS OF GATESHEAD, NORTH TYNESIDE, SOUTH TYNESIDE, HARTLEPOOL, MIDDLESBROUGH, REDCAR AND EAST CLEVELAND, STOCKTON AND DARLINGTON; THE COUNTIES OF DURHAM AND NORTHUMBERLAND; AND THE CITIES OF DURHAM, SUNDER-LAND AND NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 08 FEB 2017AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 21 NOV 2017

Trustees (10)

10trustees
52median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Common Room of the Great North Limited · 10609517 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 08/02/2017

5 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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