Newcastle Diocesan Society

Registered charity 247234 Registered since 1966

Operates: Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside, Northumberland

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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.

6 trustees on the board

Isabella Mcdonald-Booth since 2019
John Christopher Appleby since 2013
Right Revd Helen-Ann Hartley since 2023
Simon Robert Harper
Venerable Catherine Sourbut-Groves since 2020
Venerable Rachel Wood since 2021

6.8y median 6y

average tenure

13y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Isabella Mcdonald-Booth since 2019
John Christopher Appleby since 2013

10.8y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Isabella Mcdonald-Booth since 2019
Venerable Catherine Sourbut-Groves since 2020

Portfolio (4)

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Religious Activities 6Education/training 4Environment/conservation/heritage 3Other Charitable Purposes 3

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

Finance 7Other services 7Dormant 1

Gaps to watch

Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£599k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

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.

10.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 21.8 in 2020

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.

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

The Newcastle Diocesan Board of Finance 4 shared trustees

Connected through a shared trustee

The William Leech Foundation Limited 1 shared trustee
Barrington Prayer Book Fund (Newcastle Branch) 1 shared trustee
Charity of Fred Ralph Carr for Necessitous Clergy in the Archdeaconry of Northumberland 1 shared trustee
Barrington Society for Promoting Regligious Education (Newcastle Branch) 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Lodge Hill Trust Similar size; both Other purposes

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Phone	01912704100
Address	NEWCASTLE DIOCESAN SOCIETY, CHURCH HOUSE, ST. JOHNS TERRACE, NORTH SHIELDS, NE29 6HS

Finances

£473,074 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£226,810	£262,917
2022	£4,765,007	£153,183
2023	£448,204	£119,970
2024	£599,097	£339,213
2025	£473,074	£220,731

What it does

What

Religious ActivitiesOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

FOR CHARITABLE OBJECTS AND PURPOSES ONLY, PARTICULARLY TO HOLD AND MANAGE MONEYS FUNDS AND ESTATES BOTH REAL AND PERSONAL ON BEHALF OF CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS ETC. IN CONNECTION WITH THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN THE DIOCESE OF NEWCASTLE.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION AS AMENDED 10/03/1950 AND 28/04/1950.

Trustees (6)

6trustees

58median age

0aged 70+

Isabella Mcdonald-Boothage band 50-54 since 2019
John Christopher Applebyage band 65-69 since 2013
Right Revd Helen-Ann Hartleyage band 50-54 since 2023
Simon Robert Harperage band 60-64
Venerable Catherine Sourbut-Groves since 2020
Venerable Rachel Wood since 2021

Linked company (Companies House)

Newcastle Diocesan Society · 00021135 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 13/05/1885

2 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (5)

The Newcastle Diocesan Board of Finance 4 shared trustees
Charity of Fred Ralph Carr for Necessitous Clergy in the Archdeaconry of Northumberland 1 shared trustee
Barrington Society for Promoting Regligious Education (Newcastle Branch) 1 shared trustee
The William Leech Foundation Limited 1 shared trustee
Barrington Prayer Book Fund (Newcastle Branch) 1 shared trustee

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