The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

SIR John Priestman Charity Trust

Registered charity 209397 Registered since 1962

Operates: Sunderland, Durham

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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.

5 trustees on the board

19.8y median 15y
average tenure
35y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

25.4y
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

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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

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

Emailgeorgejohnston@mckenzie-bell.co.uk
Phone01915674857
Address47 JOHN STREET, SUNDERLAND, TYNE AND WEAR, SR1 1QU

Finances

£490,814 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£391,096£478,698
2021£550,088£484,233
2022£497,192£512,320
2023£541,276£676,243
2024£490,814£566,563

What it does

What

General Charitable Purposes

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Makes Grants To Organisations

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

Governing document: DEED OF SETTLEMENT DATED 31 ST MARCH 1931 AND SCHEME 19TH DECEMBER 1958 AND SCHEME OF 29TH DECEMBER 1997

Trustees (5)

5trustees
76median age
2aged 70+

Connected charities (2)

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