Registered charity · Tyne and Wear
Acumen Community Buildings
- 5 trustees
- Income £119k (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
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability and 4 more
- Where
- Sunderland
- Website
- www.theoldrectory.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Acumen Community Buildings LTD
- Registered
- 2018
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£119k£129k
- 2024£150k£144k
- 2023£143k£183k
Earlier years
- 2022£198k£164k
- 2021£187k£175k
Charitable objects
THE CHARITY’S OBJECT (OBJECT) IS THE PROMOTION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OF URBAN OR RURAL REGENERATION IN AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION (AND IN PARTICULAR IN SUNDERLAND COALFIELDS AND SURROUNDING AREA) BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:(A) THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP:(B) THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT:(C) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING OR RETRAINING, PARTICULARLY AMONG UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE, AND PROVIDING UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE WITH WORK EXPERIENCE:(D) THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE OR BUSINESS ADVICE OR CONSULTANCY IN ORDER TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE IN CASES OF FINANCIAL OR OTHER CHARITABLE NEED THROUGH HELP: (I) IN SETTING UP THEIR OWN BUSINESS, OR (II) TO EXISTING BUSINESSES:(E) THE CREATION OF TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES BY THE PROVISION OF WORKSPACE, BUILDINGS, AND/OR LAND FOR USE ON FAVOURABLE TERMS:(F) THE PROVISION OF HOUSING FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF HOUSING IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR OR IN CHARITABLE OWNERSHIP PROVIDED THAT SUCH POWER SHALL NOT EXTEND TO RELIEVING ANY LOCAL AUTHORITIES OR OTHER BODIES OF A STATUTORY DUTY TO PROVIDE OR IMPROVE HOUSING:(G) THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT OR PROVISION OF PUBLIC AMENITIES:(H) THE PRESERVATION OF BUILDINGS OR SITES OF HISTORIC OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE:(I) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE OR THOSE WHO BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES:(J) THE PROTECTION OR CONSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT:(K) THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES AND CHILDCARE:(L) THE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND PREVENTION OF CRIME:(M) SUCH OTHER MEANS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED SUBJECT TO THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS FOR ENGLAND AND WALES.
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
- Katherine Margaret Welch OBE DL Chair since 2017
- Anne Toms since 2018
- Dr Ronald Lawson since 2021
- Professor Joanna Samantha Berry PhD since 2018
- Stacey Anne Price Frics since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Katherine Margaret Welch OBE DL Chair since 2017
- Anne Toms since 2018
- Professor Joanna Samantha Berry PhD since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Anne Toms since 2018
- Dr Ronald Lawson since 2021
- Professor Joanna Samantha Berry PhD since 2018
- Stacey Anne Price Frics since 2024
Portfolio (1)
- Katherine Margaret Welch OBE DL Chair since 2017
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.
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1177852
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 20 MAY 2017AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 23 MAR 2018
- Companies House
- Company number 10780847 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 0191 5634401 · info@acumencommunitybuildings.co.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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