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Registered charity · Newcastle upon Tyne

Friends of the Laing ART Gallery

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £25k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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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
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Newcastle Upon Tyne City, Northumberland
Registered
1967

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£25k£45k
  • 2024£28k£41k
  • 2023£34k£31k
Earlier years
  • 2022£20k£23k
  • 2021£12k£29k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

TO SUPPORT THE LAING ART GALLERY IN NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE AND TO PROMOTE ITS USE AND ENJOYMENT BY THE PUBLIC AS AN ART GALLERY

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.

9 trustees on the board

5.4y median 6y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

3
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 9Education/training 9

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

Arts and leisure 1Education 1Other services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
528070
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION AND RULES ADOPTED 29 JUNE 1976 AS AMENDED 25 JUNE 1991, 22 JUNE 1999 AND 20 JUNE 2000 as amended on 10 Mar 2020
Contact on the register
01912610962 · friendsoflaing@gmail.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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