The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

The Sunderland Orphanage and Educational Foundation

Registered charity 527202 Registered since 1965

Operates: Sunderland

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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.

7 trustees on the board

9.3y median 12y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (4)

1
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 7The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 6General Charitable Purposes 2Disability 1Religious Activities 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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.

Other services 1

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  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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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£25k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

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

Emailgeorgejohnston@mckenzie-bell.co.uk
Phone01915656561
Address47 JOHN STREET, SUNDERLAND, TYNE AND WEAR, SR1 1QU

Finances

£24,649 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£21,490£18,846
2022£22,008£32,946
2023£22,846£25,445
2024£23,014£35,847
2025£24,649£24,652

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Who

Children/young People

How

Makes Grants To Individuals

Charitable objects

(A)PROVIDING BOARD,POCKET MONEY,CLOTHING,TOOLS,INSTRUMENTS OR BOOKS,AND IN PAYING THE COST OF REASONABLE HOLIDAYS AND SPECIAL MEDICAL TREATMENT,FOR BENEFICIARIES WHO ARE ATTENDING ANY SCHOOL,UNIVERSITY OR OTHER PLACE OF LEARNING APPROVED BY THE PRINCIPALS;(B)AWARDING TO BENEFICIARIES SCHOLARSHIPS,BURSARIES OR MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES TENABLE AT ANY SCHOOL,UNIVERSITY OR OTHER PLACE OF LEARNING APPROVED BY THE PRINCIPALS;(C)PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE,OUTFITS,CLOTHING,TOOLS,INSTRUMENTS OR BOOKS TO HELP BENEFICIARIES ON LEAVING SCHOOL,A UNIVERSITY OR ANY OTHER EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT TO PREPARE FOR,OR TO ENTER,A PROFESSION,TRADE OR CALLING;(D)AWARDING SCHOLARSHIPS OR MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES TO ENABLE BENEFICIARIES TO TRAVEL ABROAD TO PURSUE THEIR EDUCATION;(E)PROVIDING,OR ASSISTING THE PROVISION OF,FACILITIES,OF ANY KIND NOT NORMALLY PROVIDED BY THE LOCAL EDUCATION AUTHORITY,FOR RECREATION AND SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING,INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF COACHING IN ATHLETICS,SPORTS AND GAMES,FOR BENEFICIARIES WHO ARE RECEIVING PRIMARY,SECONDARY OR FURTHER EDUCATION;AND(F)PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ENABLE BENEFICIARIES TO STUDY MUSIC OR OTHER ARTS.

Governing document: SCHEME DATED 29 MAY 1964

Trustees (7)

7trustees
68median age
0aged 70+

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