The Shears Foundation

Registered charity 1202285 CIO Registered since 2023

Operates: Throughout England

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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.

trustees on the board

2.8y median 3y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

average years in governance

6 vs 1 portfolio

first-time trustees

company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 3Education/training 3Environment/conservation/heritage 3General Charitable Purposes 3Disability 2Economic/community Development/employment 2The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 2Accommodation/housing 1

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

Arts and leisure 2Education 2Retail and trade 2

Boards that share trustees

Modern Electric Tramways Limited 2 shared trustees
The WM Morrison Darlington Enterprise Trust 1 shared trustee
Stadium Charitable Trust 1 shared trustee

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Related organisations iRelated organisationsBoards that overlap with this one through shared trustees, or govern in the same field. Deterministic, from public records.

Modern Electric Tramways Limited 2 shared trustees
The WM Morrison Darlington Enterprise Trust 1 shared trustee
Stadium Charitable Trust 1 shared trustee
Citizens Advice Woking Similar size; both General purposes
Shri Radhe Foundation Similar size; both General purposes
Coventry Building Society Charitable Foundation Similar size; both General purposes

Boards that overlap with this one through shared trustees, or govern in the same field. Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.shearsfoundation.org
Email	bruce@shearsfoundation.org
Phone	07544380316
Address	COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, PHILANTHROPY HOUSE, WOODBINE ROAD, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE3 1DD

Finances

£489,350 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2024	£355,535	£900,417
2025	£489,350	£930,460

What it does

What

General Charitable Purposes

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO FURTHER SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 10 Mar 2023

Trustees (9)

9trustees

58median age

0aged 70+

Mark Andrew Hornerage 58 Chair since 2023
Bruce Charles Warnesage 58 since 2023
George Lyall since 2023
Georgina Shears since 2023
Louise Margaret Warnes since 2023
Nallely Vanessa Lomas Cruz since 2023
Peter John Randall Shears since 2023
Richard Ian Fletcher Shears since 2023
Susan Ann Maxey since 2025

Connected charities (3)

Modern Electric Tramways Limited 2 shared trustees
Stadium Charitable Trust 1 shared trustee
The WM Morrison Darlington Enterprise Trust 1 shared trustee

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