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
- Sophie Clare Milliken Chair since 2021
- Carol Meredith since 2018
- Lisa Bell since 2022
- Lisa Graveling since 2023
- Maxine Fox since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Carol Meredith since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Sophie Clare Milliken Chair since 2021
- Lisa Bell since 2022
- Lisa Graveling since 2023
- Maxine Fox since 2023
Portfolio (1)
- Carol Meredith since 2018
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.
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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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
- 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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