The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Community Foundation North East

Registered charity 700510 Registered since 1988

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.

12 trustees on the board

4.9y median 5y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

18.1y
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.

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.

Related organisations

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.communityfoundation.org.uk
Emailgeneral@communityfoundation.org.uk
Phone01912220945
AddressCommunity Foundation North East, Philanthropy House, Woodbine Road, Gosforth, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE3 1DD

Finances

£10,723,633 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£9,449,199£8,496,497
2022£9,406,444£10,002,770
2023£7,906,571£9,304,115
2024£10,133,375£9,989,983
2025£10,723,633£10,652,347

What it does

What

General Charitable Purposes

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesPeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To Organisations

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.

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

Trustees (12)

12trustees
61median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Community Foundation North East · 02273708 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 04/07/1988

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (5)

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