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Registered charity · Newcastle upon Tyne

Community Foundation North East

Community Foundation North East is a registered charity (number 700510) based in Newcastle upon Tyne, governed by 12 trustees and chaired by Philip James Moorhouse since 2021. Latest income £11m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £11m (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
Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside, South Tyneside and more
Website
www.communityfoundation.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Community Foundation North East
Registered
1988

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£11m£11m
  • 2024£10m£10.0m
  • 2023£7.9m£9.3m
Earlier years
  • 2022£9.4m£10m
  • 2021£9.4m£8.5m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 17%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC GENERALLY, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, IN THE AREA OF TYNE AND WEAR AND NORTHUMBERLAND:(A) TO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY OR DISADVANTAGE;(B) TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT HEALTH;(C) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC;(D) FOR THE GENERAL PURPOSES OF SUCH CHARITABLE BODIES OR FOR SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN EACH CASE AS THE DIRECTORS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.

Grants received

12 grants · £1,970,819 total

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Most recent

Grants given

13,095 grants · £78,679,620 total

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Top recipients

Most recent

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.

12 trustees on the board

4.9y median 5y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

18.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (5)

11
company-linked trustees

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

General Charitable Purposes 12Arts/culture/heritage/science 2Education/training 2The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 2

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

Professional services 23Health and social care 15Manufacturing 15

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£10.7m 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.

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

24 from 24 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
700510
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 04 JUL 1988AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 09 SEP 1988AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 01 OCT 1999AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21 SEP 2000AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 21 NOV 2018 as amended on 13 Oct 2021 as amended on 16 Sept 2025
Companies House
Company number 02273708 · Active
Contact on the register
01912220945 · general@communityfoundation.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
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