Registered charity · Tyne & Wear
The Northern Counties Horses and Smaller Animals Protection Society
- 8 trustees
- Income £620k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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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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About
- What it does
- Animals
- Where
- Gateshead
- Website
- www.brysons.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1964
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£620k£408k
- 2024£508k£408k
- 2023£387k£311k
Earlier years
- 2022£334k£285k
- 2021£275k£275k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
PROTECTION OF HORSES AND SMALLER ANIMALS FROM ILL-USAGE, CRUELTY AND SUFFERING BY THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE IN OR NEAR GATESHEAD OF AN ANIMAL REFUGE AND SUCH OTHER FACILITIES TO ACHIEVE THAT OBJECT.
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.
8 trustees on the board
- Angela Richardson since 2022
- Carole Watson since 2013
- Catherine Newstead since 2026
- JOY Dixon since 2011
- Judith ANN Hall
- Joe Murphy since 2026
- Lesley Chambers since 2019
- Valerie Watson since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Carole Watson since 2013
- JOY Dixon since 2011
- Lesley Chambers since 2019
- Valerie Watson since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Angela Richardson since 2022
- Carole Watson since 2013
- Catherine Newstead since 2026
- JOY Dixon since 2011
- Judith ANN Hall
- Joe Murphy since 2026
- Lesley Chambers since 2019
- Valerie Watson 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.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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
46.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 40.1 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 227361
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- SCHEME OF 9 OCTOBER 1989
- Contact on the register
- 01914875858 · info@brysons.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th 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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