Registered charity · Tyne and Wear
The Barbour Foundation
The Barbour Foundation is a registered charity (number 328081) based in Tyne and Wear, governed by 3 trustees and chaired by Dame Margaret Barbour DBE DL. Latest income £2.6m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 11th October 2026.
- 3 trustees
- Income £2.6m (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, Durham and more
- Registered
- 1989
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£2.6m£5.1m
- 2024£383k£2.6m
- 2023£6.5m£2.1m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.0m£1.2m
- 2021£609k£2.9m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO SUPPORT BY GRANT OF SUBSCRIPTION OR DONATION ANY REGISTERED CHARITABLE INSTITUTION OR INSTITUTIONS WHOSE OBJECTS INCLUDE (A) THE RELIEF OF PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM ANY FORM OF ILLNESS OR DISEASE THE PROMOTION OF RESEARCH INTO THE CAUSES AND TREATMENT OF SUCH ILLNESS OR DISEASE AND THE PROVISION OF MEDICAL EQUIPMENT FOR SUCH PATIENTS, (B) THE FURTHERANCE OF THE GENERAL EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS BY AWARD OF SCHOLAR-SHIPS EXHIBITIONS BURSARIES OR MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES TENABLE AT ANY SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OR OTHER EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT APPROVED BY THE TRUSTEES TO PERSONS IN ENGLAND WHO ARE IN NEED OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, (C) THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN ENGLAND SUCH FEATURES OF CITIES TOWNS VILLAGES AND THE COUNTRYSIDE AS ARE OF SPECIAL ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORICAL OR ARCHITECTURAL INTEREST, (D) THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE RESIDENT IN ENGLAND WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS AS A RESULT OF LOCAL NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL DISASTER OR BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES.
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.
3 trustees on the board
- Dame Margaret Barbour DBE DL Chair
- Helen Mary Barbour BA since 1988
- Nichola Bellaby since 2014
Trustees past 6 years
- Helen Mary Barbour BA since 1988
- Nichola Bellaby since 2014
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Dame Margaret Barbour DBE DL Chair
- Helen Mary Barbour BA since 1988
- Nichola Bellaby since 2014
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- 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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
1.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 0.0 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 328081
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 31 AUGUST 1988 AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL DEED DATED 9 FEBRUARY 2011
- Contact on the register
- 01914274221 · barbour.foundation@barbour.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 11th 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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