Neca

Registered charity 516516 Registered since 1985

Operates: Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, Sunderland, Leeds City, Durham, North Yorkshire, Northumberland, Middlesbrough

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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.

4 trustees on the board

17.5y median 17.5y

average tenure

34y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Norman Richardson Chair since 1992

21.6y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (1)

Barry Neil Speker OBE DL

company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 4The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 4Arts/culture/heritage/science 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.

Health and social care 7Other services 4Professional services 2

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£1.8m latest income

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.

45.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 44.9 in 2021

46 from 46 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.

11%

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

Tyne Theatre and Opera House Preservation Trust 1 shared trustee
The Childrens Foundation Limited 1 shared trustee
Cultura Trust 1 shared trustee
North East Jewish Community Services 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Beaumond House Community Hospice Similar size; both Health
British Society for Immunology Similar size; both Health

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.neca.co.uk
Phone	01914146446
Address	NECA HEADQUARTERS, DERWENT POINT, CLASPER WAY, SWALWELL, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE16 3BE

Finances

£1,790,032 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£1,574,750	£1,621,697
2022	£1,147,991	£1,248,738
2023	£1,202,283	£1,297,600
2024	£1,752,834	£1,783,052
2025	£1,790,032	£1,750,790

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

3. The objects for which the company is established is;(i) to promote the prevention, recognition and treatment of problems related to, in particular but not exclusively, the use of alcohol, drugs, related substances, and gambling. (ii) to advance Education, promote Social Inclusion and Community Capacity, and provide relief from disadvantage, preserving and protecting Health and Wellbeing by providing free accessible services across the North of England.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 26/06/1984AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17/07/1985AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24/10/2002AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04/10/2007AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 01/12/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13 OCT 2016 as amended on 25 Oct 2018 as amended on 11 May 2020

Trustees (4)

4trustees

77median age

3aged 70+

Norman Richardsonage band 75-79 Chair since 1992
Barry Neil Speker OBE DLage band 75-79
John Nigel Dawsonage band 55-59 since 2025
Ronald IAN Watsonage band 80-84

Linked company (Companies House)

Neca · 01828287 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 27/06/1984

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (3)

North East Jewish Community Services 1 shared trustee
Tyne Theatre and Opera House Preservation Trust 1 shared trustee
Cultura Trust 1 shared trustee

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