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Registered charity (CIO) · Gateshead

Blina Shama UK

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £24k (2026)
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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
General Charitable Purposes, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland
Website
www.blinashama.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2021

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2026£24k£15k
  • 2025£17k£15k
  • 2024£21k£12k
Earlier years
  • 2023£11k£1k

Income trend, 2023 to 2026.

Charitable objects

1. THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THOSE OF THE ERITREAN COMMUNITY WITHIN THE U.K BY THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT, TRAINING, SERVICES AND FACILITIES TO ASSIST IN THEIR INTEGRATION INTO UK SOCIETY. 2. TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ERITREAN COMMUNITY IN THE UK THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR SAID INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR EXCLUSION OR RISK OF EXCLUSION FROM UK SOCIETY WITH AN OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE ERITREAN COMMUNITY IN THE UK.

Grants received

2 grants · £15,229 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 Community Fund · £15,229 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £5,2292025-10-24
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002023-03-17
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.

6 trustees on the board

0.5y median 0y
average tenure
3y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
2.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

1
company-linked trustees

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

Economic/community Development/employment 6General Charitable Purposes 6The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 6

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

Tech and media 1

Gaps to watch

  • Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

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 3 years.
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£17k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1196136
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 13 Oct 2021
Contact on the register
07481203450 · info@blinashama.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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