The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Merton Hall Recreation Centre

Registered charity 1196969 CIO Registered since 2021

Operates: Northumberland

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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.

11 trustees on the board

8.3y median 9y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

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.

Recreation 9General Charitable Purposes 2Economic/community Development/employment 1Education/training 1Other Charitable Purposes 1Religious Activities 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 3 years.
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£13k latest income

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

Emailmertonhallsec@gmail.com
Phone01661872917
AddressMERTON HALL, MERTON WAY, PONTELAND, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE20 9PX

Finances

£13,039 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2023£8,866£21,535
2024£11,471£9,136
2025£13,039£18,034

What it does

What

Recreation

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT(PONTELAND,NORTHUMBERLAND)BUT PARTICULARLY ELDERLY PEOPLE AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES,WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL,RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS,BY PROVIDING,MAINTAINING AND MANAGING MERTON HALL RECREATION CENTRE WITH FACILITIES FOR RECREATION, EDUCATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATIONS AND OTHER LAWFUL CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR SUCH PERSONS IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 07 Dec 2021 as amended on 06 Feb 2023 as amended on 05 Sep 2023

Trustees (11)

11trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (2)

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