The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Meldrum Foundation

Registered charity 1180989 Registered since 2018

Operates: Throughout England

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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.

3 trustees on the board

7y median 7y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

2
company-linked trustees

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

General Charitable Purposes 3

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

Other services 2

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£67k latest income

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

Phone01914921800
AddressMeldrum Foundation, Dunston Industrial Estate, Halifax Road, Dunston, GATESHEAD, Tyne And

Finances

£55,866 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,904£16,715
2022£28,973£35,393
2023£44,372£43,577
2024£66,644£70,049
2025£55,866£52,278

What it does

What

General Charitable Purposes

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED, BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSE (ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) IN THE COUNTIES OF NORTHUMBERLAND, TYNE AND WEAR, DURHAM AND CLEVELAND (ÔNORTH EASTÖ) AS THE DIRECTORS SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO:(1) THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY AND/OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP IN THE NORTH EAST BY PROVIDING: GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY.(2) THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AMONG PEOPLE RESIDING PERMANENTLY OR TEMPORARILY IN THE NORTH EAST.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 26 MAY 2017AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21 DEC 2017

Trustees (3)

3trustees
52median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Meldrum Foundation · 10792668 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 26/05/2017

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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