The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

Fred Clay Trust

Registered charity 242914 Registered since 1965

Operates: Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, Sunderland, Central Bedfordshire, Bedford

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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.

3 trustees on the board

5.5y median 5.5y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

22.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (1)

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.

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 3General Charitable Purposes 2

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Manufacturing 5Health and social care 4Business services 3

Gaps to watch

  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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£9k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

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.

Related organisations

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Emailgeneral@communityfoundation.org.uk
Phone01912220945
AddressCommunity Foundation, Philanthropy House, Woodbine Road, Gosforth, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE3 1DD

Finances

£8,804 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£6,343£6,152
2022£5,257£6,155
2023£6,936£5,639
2024£7,716£4,906
2025£8,804£4,321

What it does

What

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Who

Other Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To Individuals

Charitable objects

BENEFIT OF EMPLOYEES OR FORMR EMPLYEES OF CHARLES CLA AND SON LIMITED IN POOR OR NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES.

Governing document: WILL DATED 20TH JANUARY 1954 AND SCHEME OF 3RD JANUARY 1973

Trustees (3)

3trustees
69median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (1)

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