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Registered charity · Tyne and Wear

SIR John Priestman Charity Trust

SIR John Priestman Charity Trust is a registered charity (number 209397) based in Tyne and Wear, governed by 5 trustees and chaired by Timothy RPS Norton since 1991. Latest income £491k (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £491k (2024)
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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes
Where
Sunderland, Durham
Registered
1962

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£491k£567k
  • 2023£541k£676k
  • 2022£497k£512k
Earlier years
  • 2021£550k£484k
  • 2020£391k£479k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Charitable objects

(2) GENERAL FUND FOR:- (A) FEEDING POOR OF SUNDERLAND. (B) ANNUITIES FOR AGED & SICK OF THE COUNTY OF DURHAM (C) PROVIDING ASSISTANCE FOR YOUNG MEN FOR HOLY ORDERS IN THE C/E PROVIDED THEY ARE RESIDENT IN CO DURHAM (D) ESTABLISHMENT & MAINTENANCE OF0 HOSPITALS & CONVALESCENT HOMES FOR POOR OF DURHAM CO., (E) PROVISION OF NURSES IN DURHAM COUNTY. (F) GIFTS TO CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS. (G)(I) BUILDING & MAINTAINING OF CHURCHES &C. IN DURHAM & YORKS (II) RELIEF TO MINISTERS & CHURCH OFFICERS

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.

5 trustees on the board

19.8y median 15y
average tenure
35y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

25.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (2)

2
company-linked trustees

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

General Charitable Purposes 5Accommodation/housing 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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.

Other services 7Finance 4Business services 2

Gaps to watch

  • 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 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£491k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
209397
Status
Registered
Governing document
DEED OF SETTLEMENT DATED 31 ST MARCH 1931 AND SCHEME 19TH DECEMBER 1958 AND SCHEME OF 29TH DECEMBER 1997
Contact on the register
01915674857 · georgejohnston@mckenzie-bell.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
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