Registered charity (CIO) · Newcastle upon Tyne
Friends Action North East
- 5 trustees
- Income £180k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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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
- Disability, Other Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Throughout England
- Website
- www.friendsaction.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2019
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£180k£154k
- 2024£101k£149k
- 2023£153k£127k
Earlier years
- 2022£118k£108k
- 2021£161k£123k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
(I) TO ASSIST PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES AND AUTISM TO DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN FRIENDSHIPS AND FRIENDSHIP GROUPS TO ENABLE THEM TO ACHIEVE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL AS MEMBERS OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY(II) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND SUPPORTERS OF PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES AND AUTISM IN ALL ISSUES RELATED TO LEARNING DISABILITIES AND AUTISM PARTICULARLY FRIENDSHIP AND SOCIALISATION
Grants received
14 grants · £288,107 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Community Foundation North East · £152,107 (7 grants)
- The Greggs Foundation · £50,000
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £40,000 (3 grants)
- Postcode Neighbourhood Trust · £25,000
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £15,000
Most recent
- Postcode Neighbourhood Trust
- The National Lottery Community Fund
Board analysis
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
- Barbara Creed since 2019
- Graham Newton since 2019
- Glenn Howe since 2019
- Louise Tebble since 2023
- Victoria Tate since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- Barbara Creed since 2019
- Graham Newton since 2019
- Glenn Howe since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Barbara Creed since 2019
- Graham Newton since 2019
- Glenn Howe since 2019
- Louise Tebble since 2023
- Victoria Tate since 2026
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
- 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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1182364
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 07 Mar 2019
- Contact on the register
- 01912314327 · INFO@FRIENDSACTION.CO.UK
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th 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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