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Registered charity · Newcastle upon Tyne

Smart Works North East

(a) The Charity's objects (the "Objects") are the relief of financial hardship, the relief of unemployment for the public benefit through the promotion of economic independence among women living in Newcastle and the surrounding areas in such ways...

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £299k (2025)

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, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Newcastle Upon Tyne City, Middlesbrough, Stockton-on-tees, Durham and more
Website
newcastle.smartworks.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Smart Works North East
Registered
2018

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£299k£263k
  • 2024£206k£188k
  • 2023£155k£175k
Earlier years
  • 2022£133k£112k
  • 2021£119k£65k
Charitable objects

(a) The Charity's objects (the "Objects") are the relief of financial hardship, the relief of unemployment for the public benefit through the promotion of economic independence among women living in Newcastle and the surrounding areas in such ways as may be thought fit, including (but without limiting the generality of the foregoing) by providing work-appropriate clothing for individuals seeking employment and / or educational opportunities, providing job-seeking advice, training and education and providing support services for those who successfully procure employment or an educational opportunity, and provided that such benefits may be provided to men where it is deemed appropriate, in the discretion of the Trustees, in the course of advancing the overall Objects of the Charity.(b) This provision may be amended by special resolution but only with the prior written consent of the Commission

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.

5 trustees on the board

4.6y median 4y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (1)

5
company-linked trustees

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

Economic/community Development/employment 5The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 5Education/training 4Disability 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.

Business services 7Arts and leisure 2Finance 1

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
2024
2025
incomespending£299k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1176547
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 18 DEC 2017 as amended on 03 Oct 2019 as amended on 06 Feb 2024 as amended on 13 Dec 2025
Companies House
Company number 11115960 · Active
Contact on the register
0191 691 7900 · NEWCASTLE@SMARTWORKS.ORG.UK
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
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