The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Children North East

Registered charity 222041 Registered since 1963

Operates: Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, Northumberland, Stockton-on-tees, Durham, Darlington, Sunderland, Cumbria, Sandwell

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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.

7 trustees on the board

4.1y median 3y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (3)

7
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 7Education/training 6The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 5The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 2Disability 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 7Business services 2Professional services 1

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£4.1m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

0.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

102 from 66 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
58%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

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

Websitewww.children-ne.org.uk
Emailenquiries@children-ne.org.uk
Phone01912562444
AddressCHILDREN NORTH EAST, 89 DENHILL PARK, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE15 6QE

Finances

£4,065,874 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£2,302,352£1,998,197
2022£2,581,236£2,274,431
2023£3,308,795£3,252,922
2024£3,873,998£3,756,643
2025£4,065,874£4,025,878

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Defined Groups

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationOther Charitable Activities

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.

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.

Trustees (7)

7trustees
57median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Children North East · 00090288 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 28/09/1906

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (3)

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