Registered charity · Tyne and Wear
The Cultural Spring
The Cultural Spring is a registered charity (number 1191465) based in Tyne and Wear, governed by 8 trustees and chaired by Graeme Thompson MBE since 2020. Latest income £375k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
- 8 trustees
- Income £375k (2025)
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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
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- South Tyneside, Sunderland
- Website
- theculturalspring.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Cultural Spring
- Registered
- 2020
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£375k£367k
- 2024£300k£237k
- 2023£73k£54k
Earlier years
- 2022£14k£10k
- 2021£0£0
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 48%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED TO ADVANCE THE ARTS BY RUNNING PROGRAMMES OF ARTS EVENTS, PERFORMANCES, EXHIBITIONS AND WORKSHOPS IN SUNDERLAND AND SOUTH TYNESIDE; ENCOURAGING PARTICIPATION IN THE ARTS AND BY ORGANISING VISITS TO CULTURAL VENUES PARTICULARLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITIES IN THE AREA.
Grants received
9 grants · £231,005 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 · £120,130 (4 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £31,000
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £29,875 (2 grants)
- Postcode Neighbourhood Trust · £25,000
- Postcode Community Trust · £25,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- Postcode Community Trust
- Postcode Neighbourhood Trust
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
- Graeme Thompson MBE Chair since 2020
- Alexander Phillip Moir since 2026
- Denise Wilson since 2022
- Eleanor Caroline Turner since 2021
- Fiona Martin since 2022
- Ian High since 2020
- Joan Atkinson since 2024
- Mark Anthony Dawson since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Graeme Thompson MBE Chair since 2020
- Ian High since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Alexander Phillip Moir since 2026
- Eleanor Caroline Turner since 2021
- Ian High since 2020
- Joan Atkinson since 2024
- Mark Anthony Dawson since 2022
Portfolio (3)
- Graeme Thompson MBE Chair since 2020
- Denise Wilson since 2022
- Fiona Martin since 2022
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.
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
- 1191465
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 10 MAR 2020AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 02 JUL 2020AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 29 JUL 2020 as amended on 23 Oct 2025
- Companies House
- Company number 12508237 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07469030256 · emma.horsman@theculturalspring.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th October 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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