Registered charity (CIO) · Wallsend
The Baby Equipment Loan Service and TOY Library
The Baby Equipment Loan Service and TOY Library is a registered charity (number 1196768) based in Wallsend, governed by 6 trustees and chaired by Susan Frances Dixon since 2021. Latest income £54k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as BELS & Toy Library (Charity Commission)
- 6 trustees
- Income £54k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Where
- North Tyneside
- Website
- www.belsnorthtyneside.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2021
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£54k£53k
- 2024£37k£56k
- 2023£66k£81k
Income trend, 2023 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH OF YOUNG CHILDREN IN NORTH TYNESIDE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION ON CHILD SAFETY ISSUES AND ACCIDENT PREVENTION AND BY THE PROVISION OF SAFETY EQUIPMENT, TO RELIEVE PERSONS IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES BY THE PROVISIONS OF ESSENTIAL BABY EQUIPMENT WITHIN NORTH TYNESIDE ANDTHE SURROUNDING AREAS. THE CHARITY WORKS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT HAVING AS ITS OBJECTS THEDEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN IN NORTH TYNESIDE IN PARTICULAR BY:(A) PROMOTING THEIR CARE AND SAFETY;(B) PROMOTING THEIR EDUCATION AND PROMOTING PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT;(C) PROMOTING THEIR HEALTH AND WELLBEING;(D) PROVIDING SERVICES TO SUPPORT THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS.
Grants received
12 grants · £90,930 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
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £39,000 (2 grants)
- Community Foundation North East · £27,930 (7 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £12,000
- The Shears Foundation · £6,000
- Masonic Charitable Foundation · £6,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- 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.
6 trustees on the board
- Susan Frances Dixon Chair since 2021
- Carol Dennison since 2021
- Charlotte Emily Kennedy since 2024
- Janice Carol Swinburne since 2021
- Kay Suzanne Knowles since 2026
- Rachel Carr since 2025
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Susan Frances Dixon Chair since 2021
- Carol Dennison since 2021
- Charlotte Emily Kennedy since 2024
- Janice Carol Swinburne since 2021
- Kay Suzanne Knowles since 2026
- Rachel Carr since 2025
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- 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.
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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
- 1196768
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 25 Nov 2021
- Contact on the register
- 01912635770 · team@belsnorthtyneside.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th 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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