The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Azure Charitable Foundation

Registered charity 513149 Registered since 1982

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

5.3y median 4y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (2)

6
company-linked trustees

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

Accommodation/housing 5Disability 5Education/training 5Economic/community Development/employment 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1Religious Activities 1

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

Agriculture 6Professional services 4Construction 3

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£10.5m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
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.

5.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months

224 from 193 in 2021
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.
59%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.azure-charitable.co.uk
Emailenquiries@azure-charitable.co.uk
Phone01670733966
AddressKIELDER AVENUE, CRAMLINGTON, NORTHUMBERLAND, NE23 8JT

Finances

£10,466,275 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£8,377,968£7,867,516
2022£8,767,989£8,031,917
2023£8,879,532£8,483,917
2024£9,221,693£8,615,407
2025£10,466,275£9,645,527

What it does

What

Education/trainingDisabilityAccommodation/housingEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

People With DisabilitiesOther Defined Groups

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Services

Charitable objects

4. The charity’s objects (“Objects”) are specifically restricted to the following charitable purposes:(1) To work with people who have special educational needs and/or a disability and/or who are disadvantaged (hereinafter called the “Beneficiaries”) to maximise their quality of life, life chances and personal development;(2) To provide or assist in the provision of all or any of the following services to or for the Beneficiaries; supported housing, employment (including supported employment), education and training, community integration support, counselling and any other relevant support service which may be developed.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 21 SEPTEMBER 1982 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 1 MAY 1984, 29 JULY 1992, 18 JUNE 2003 , 23 JUNE 2004 AND 24 NOVEMBER 2004, 22ND JUNE 2005, 14 JUNE 2006 AND 30 JUNE 2010 as amended on 18 Jul 2024 as amended on 05 Feb 2025

Trustees (6)

6trustees
61median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Azure Charitable Foundation · 01666027 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 21/09/1982

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (3)

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