Registered charity · Newcastle upon Tyne
The Traidcraft Foundation
The Traidcraft Foundation is a registered charity (number 294953) based in Newcastle upon Tyne, governed by 5 trustees. Latest income £3.5m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
- 5 trustees
- Income £3.5m (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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About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Where
- North Tyneside
- Website
- www.traidcraft.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1986
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£3.5m£3.5m
- 2024£3.4m£3.9m
- 2023£3.2m£4.4m
Earlier years
- 2022£4.2m£3.5m
- 2021£3.8m£3.3m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 6%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE TRUST ARE AS FOLLOWS:- (1) THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SICKNESS IN THOSE COUNTRIES DEFINED AS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH CLAUSE 14.3 OF THE DEED DATED 3RD DECEMBER 2002 (THEREIN AND HEREINAFTER CALLED "DEVELOPING COUNTRIES"). (2) THE PROMOTION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OF STUDIES IN THEOLOGICAL, POLITICAL, SOCIAL, TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC SUBJECTS AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL SUBJECTS (3) THE PROMOTION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OF EDUCATION AND DISSEMINATION OF KNOWLEDGE IN THESE SUBJECTS WITH PARTICULAR (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVE) REFERENCE TO THE PROBLEMS OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ARISING FROM NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL TRADING PRACTICES (4) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION BY COMMENDING THAT RELIGION TO PERSONS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND ELSEWHERE (5) THE PROMOTION OF OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 1.5 OF DEED DATED 3 DECEMBER 2002).
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.
5 trustees on the board
- Alison Margaret Coutts since 2024
- Clive Osmond since 2024
- Jeremy Lefroy since 2021
- Stephen Bonnick since 2024
- The RT HON SIR Stephen Timms MP since 2011
Trustees past 6 years
- The RT HON SIR Stephen Timms MP since 2011
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Alison Margaret Coutts since 2024
- Stephen Bonnick since 2024
- The RT HON SIR Stephen Timms MP since 2011
Portfolio (2)
- Clive Osmond since 2024
- Jeremy Lefroy since 2021
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
0.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 3.9 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 294953
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 21ST JULY 1986 AS VARIED BY DEED OF AMALGAMATION DATED 3RD SEPTEMBER 1986 AND AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL DEEDS DATED 18TH JANUARY 1988 AND 10 MARCH 1995 AS VARIED BY A DECLARATION OF TRUST DATES 03/12/05 AND ORDER OF 21/11/05
- Contact on the register
- 01782627300 · jjelefroy@gmail.com
- 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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