Registered charity · Newcastle upon Tyne
Children North East
Children North East is a registered charity (number 222041) based in Newcastle upon Tyne, governed by 7 trustees and chaired by Mark Baldwin Stoddart since 2023. Latest income £4.1m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
- 7 trustees
- Income £4.1m (2025)
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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Public contracts won
1 contractFrom Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the UK Government's public procurement notices, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Matched to this organisation by company number, charity number or exact name and postcode; every figure links to its source notice.
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Little Minds in Mind
Provision of specialist intervention service for parents experiencing mild to moderate perinatal mental health difficulties and problems with attachment and bonding with their baby, as well as wider workforce training in Infant Mental Healt…
About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability and 2 more
- Where
- Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, Northumberland, Stockton-on-tees and more
- Website
- www.children-ne.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Children North East
- Registered
- 1963
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£4.1m£4.0m
- 2024£3.9m£3.8m
- 2023£3.3m£3.3m
Earlier years
- 2022£2.6m£2.3m
- 2021£2.3m£2.0m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 26% · Government grants 31%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE THE GENERAL HEALTH, EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS LIVING IN THE NORTH EAST OF ENGLAND, THE REST OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND SUCH OTHER LOCATIONS AS THE TRUSTEES OF THE CHARITY DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME THROUGH THE PROVISION OF A RANGE OF SERVICES, TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE, THEIR MOTHERS, FATHERS, CARERS AND THE PROFESSIONALS WHO WORK WITH THEM; ANDTO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC AND PROFESSIONALS IN CHILD WELFARE ISSUES.
Grants received
102 grants · £6,078,629 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £2,263,275 (10 grants)
- Postcode Children Trust · £1,900,000 (4 grants)
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £741,177 (9 grants)
- Community Foundation North East · £288,294 (54 grants)
- Youth Music · £166,028 (2 grants)
Most recent
- Postcode Children Trust
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Mark Baldwin Stoddart Chair since 2023
- Alexander Coburn since 2019
- Lucy Atherton since 2023
- Samantha Haley since 2023
- Sarah Lunn since 2019
- Sophie Bentley since 2023
- Susan Howe since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Alexander Coburn since 2019
- Sarah Lunn since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Alexander Coburn since 2019
- Lucy Atherton since 2023
- Sophie Bentley since 2023
- Susan Howe since 2023
Portfolio (3)
- Mark Baldwin Stoddart Chair since 2023
- Samantha Haley since 2023
- Sarah Lunn since 2019
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
0.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 222041
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION DATED 28 SEPTEMBER 1906 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 14 JUNE 1952, 28 JULY 1965, 30 NOVEMBER 1988, 12 MAY 1993,13 AUGUST 2003 AND 11 JULY 2007. CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME 31 AUGUST 2007.
- Companies House
- Company number 00090288 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01912562444 · enquiries@children-ne.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th 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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