Registered charity (CIO) · Newcastle upon Tyne
SHY Bairns GET Nowt
- 10 trustees
- Income £4.4m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Mark SquiresChair · since 2022
- David TopachoTrustee · since 2022
- Helen JamesonTrustee · since 2025
- Isabella MAY Mcdonald-BoothTrustee · since 2022
- Mark RussellTrustee · since 2023
- Nigel Jamie MartinTrustee · since 2023
- Rev John Ernest SadlerTrustee · since 2022
- Simon CampbellTrustee · since 2023
- Simon Christopher RossTrustee · since 2023
- Stacey DavidsonTrustee · since 2023
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
- Where
- Newcastle Upon Tyne City
- Website
- thelighthouseproject.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2022
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£4.4m£185k
- 2024£835k£112k
- 2023£226k£184k
Income trend, 2023 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 81%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE: (1)TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, IN PARTICULAR THE EAST END OF THE CITY, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME IN OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEACHING OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH; IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE THE POWER: (2)TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN AND TO MANAGE SUCH AS A CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE CHARITY IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.
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.
10 trustees on the board
- Mark Squires Chair since 2022
- David Topacho since 2022
- Helen Jameson since 2025
- Isabella MAY Mcdonald-Booth since 2022
- Mark Russell since 2023
- Nigel Jamie Martin since 2023
- Rev John Ernest Sadler since 2022
- Simon Campbell since 2023
- Simon Christopher Ross since 2023
- Stacey Davidson since 2023
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- David Topacho since 2022
- Helen Jameson since 2025
- Isabella MAY Mcdonald-Booth since 2022
- Mark Russell since 2023
- Nigel Jamie Martin since 2023
- Simon Campbell since 2023
- Simon Christopher Ross since 2023
- Stacey Davidson since 2023
Portfolio (2)
- Mark Squires Chair since 2022
- Rev John Ernest Sadler 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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
61.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 15.7 in 2023
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1197866
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 10 Feb 2022 as amended on 19 Jan 2026
- Contact on the register
- 07933016054 · hello@thelighthouseproject.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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