The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

The Northumbria Gardens Trust

Registered charity 1187196 CIO Registered since 2020

Operates: Darlington, Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside, Stockton-on-tees, Sunderland

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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.

6 trustees on the board

7y median 7y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (2)

0
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 6Environment/conservation/heritage 6Other Charitable Purposes 5General Charitable Purposes 1

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • 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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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£1k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.northumbriagardenstrust.com
Emailfitzpjh@hotmail.com
Phone01740621431
AddressMargery Flatt Farm, Newbiggen Lane, Lanchester, DURHAM, DH7 0RS

Finances

£1,111 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£280£960
2021£305£356
2022£1,162£776
2023£886£772
2024£1,111£995

What it does

What

Education/trainingEnvironment/conservation/heritageOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

1) TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICALAND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT OF NORTHUMBRIA;2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ON MATTERS CONCERNED WITH THE HERITAGE, PROTECTION, CONSERVATION AND ENHANCEMENT OF HISTORIC PARKS, GARDENS AND OTHER DESIGNATED LANDSCAPES OF NORTHUMBRIAFOR THE PURPOSE OF THESE CLAUSES THE REGION OF NORTHUMBRIA IS DEFINED BY THE RIVER TWEED TO THE NORTH, THE NORTH SEA TO THE EAST, THE BOUNDARY WITH NORTH YORKSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL TO THE SOUTH INCLUDING THAT SECTION OF COUNTY DURHAM WHICH LIES SOUTH OF THE RIVER TEES UP TO THE BOUNDARY WITH NORTH YORKSHIRE, AND THE CUMBRIAN BOUNDARY WITHDURHAM AND NORTHUMBERLAND TO THE WEST.

Governing document: CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 03 Jan 2020

Trustees (6)

6trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (2)

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