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Registered charity · Newcastle upon Tyne

Urban Green Newcastle

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Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Recreation, Other Charitable Purposes
Where
Newcastle Upon Tyne City
Website
www.urbangreennewcastle.org. (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Urban Green Newcastle
Registered
2019

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025--
  • 2024£2.5m£3.2m
  • 2023£3.6m£3.4m
Earlier years
  • 2022£3.3m£3.0m
  • 2021£2.7m£2.3m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2024: Government contracts 39%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE ONLY OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE TRUST IS ESTABLISHED ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, AND IN PARTICULAR FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF AND VISITORS TO NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS TO:4.1.1 PROVIDE, MAINTAIN, PROTECT, IMPROVE AND EQUIP PARKS, GARDENS, LANDSCAPED AREAS, WOODLANDS, OPEN SPACES, PLAYING FIELDS AND RECREATIONAL AMENITY SPACES (THE PARKS);4.12 ADVANCE HEALTH BY PROMOTING PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY OUTDOOR RECREATION AND AMATEUR SPORT;4.1.3 PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION, INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF ALLOTMENT FACILITIES, IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE INHABITANTS OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS; AND4.1.4 ANCILLARY TO THE ABOVE OBJECTS, TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN PARTICULAR IN:(A) THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT INCLUDING THE FLORA AND FAUNA, WILDLIFE, BIODIVERSITY AND NATURAL HABITATS OF THE PARKS;(B) THE HISTORY, CULTURE, HERITAGE AND TRADITIONS OF THE NORTH EAST; AND(C) THE PROMOTION AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS, IN PARTICULAR WITHIN THE PARKS.

Grants received

14 grants · £1,841,254 total

360Giving 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

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £1,433,077 (2 grants)
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £194,630 (2 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £124,850 (2 grants)
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £57,780 (4 grants)
  • Community Foundation North East · £21,000 (3 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £221,0772023-11-02
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £3,0802023-04-01
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £8,6872023-04-01
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £17,4162023-04-01
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £28,5972023-04-01
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.

8 trustees on the board

6.6y median 7y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

15.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

8
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 8Recreation 8The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 8

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

Arts and leisure 15Tech and media 5Other services 4

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 4 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£2.5m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

4.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 0.4 in 2021

35 from 26 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
Qualified
Auditor's opinioniAuditor's opinionThe accounts_qualified flag on the latest filed annual return is True - the auditor qualified their opinion. A register flag, shown as filed.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1182534
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 23 AUG 2018AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 18 APR 2019 as amended on 05 Dec 2019
Companies House
Company number 11533203 · Liquidation
Contact on the register
01918144574 · info@urbangreennewcastle.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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