Registered charity (CIO) · Newcastle upon Tyne
Brave Hearts of the North East
- 15 trustees
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Mark AtkinsonChair · since 2025
- Chris MetcalfeTrustee · since 2025
- David Brian WilsonTrustee · since 2025
- David HodgkinsTrustee · since 2025
- Deborah MurrayTrustee · since 2025
- Ian ShanksTrustee · since 2025
- Ivan Christopher JepsonTrustee · since 2025
- Jim KnightTrustee · since 2025
- Kristina Louise ForsterTrustee · since 2025
- Leanne LeeTrustee · since 2025
- Michael EmbletonTrustee · since 2025
- Pamela Margaret AIRTrustee · since 2025
- Robert HartTrustee · since 2025
- Thomas Geoffrey NelsonTrustee · since 2025
- Thomas James ShanksTrustee · since 2025
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, Disability
- Where
- Throughout England
- Website
- www.bravehearts.com (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2024
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE PROVIDING FOR THE BENEFIT AND RELIEF OF CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF SIXTEEN YEARS ON THE FIRST DAY OF JANUARY IN ANY PARTICULAR YEAR OF BENEFIT WHO RESIDE WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT (AS DEFINED IN CLAUSE 29 (INTERPRETATION)) WHO THROUGH A DISPLAY OF EXCEPTIONAL CHARACTER IN OVERCOMING DIFFICULTY ARISING OUT OF SERIOUS SICKNESS OR INJURY OF WHATEVER NATURE AS DEEMED BY THE TRUSTEES TO BE DESERVING OF AN AWARD TO RECOGNISE SUCH ACHIEVEMENT BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY OR OTHERWISE TO OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH PERSONS OR BY ARRANGING HOLIDAYS FOR THEM OR OTHERWISE PROVIDING GI3S AND PRIZES OF ATANGIBLE NATURE OR OTHERWISE.
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.
15 trustees on the board
- Mark Atkinson Chair since 2025
- Chris Metcalfe since 2025
- David Brian Wilson since 2025
- David Hodgkins since 2025
- Deborah Murray since 2025
- Ian Shanks since 2025
- Ivan Christopher Jepson since 2025
- Jim Knight since 2025
- Kristina Louise Forster since 2025
- Leanne Lee since 2025
- Michael Embleton since 2025
- Pamela Margaret AIR since 2025
- Robert Hart since 2025
- Thomas Geoffrey Nelson since 2025
- Thomas James Shanks since 2025
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (15)
- Mark Atkinson Chair since 2025
- Chris Metcalfe since 2025
- David Brian Wilson since 2025
- David Hodgkins since 2025
- Deborah Murray since 2025
- Ian Shanks since 2025
- Ivan Christopher Jepson since 2025
- Jim Knight since 2025
- Kristina Louise Forster since 2025
- Leanne Lee since 2025
- Michael Embleton since 2025
- Pamela Margaret AIR since 2025
- Robert Hart since 2025
- Thomas Geoffrey Nelson since 2025
- Thomas James Shanks since 2025
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.
Gaps to watch
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
- 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.
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1211266
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 05 Dec 2024
- Contact on the register
- 07970221457 · Hartspurs@gmail.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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