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Registered charity (CIO) · Newcastle upon Tyne

The Robert Stephenson Trust

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £1k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 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
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Other Charitable Purposes
Where
Newcastle Upon Tyne City, Northumberland
Website
robertstephensontrust.com (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1988

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£1k£668
  • 2024£3k£2k
  • 2023£2k£6k
Earlier years
  • 2022£6k£2k
  • 2021£1k£665

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 46%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

1) TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF RAILWAYS, AND IN PARTICULAR OF THE ROLE OF ROBERT STEPHENSON, HIS COMPANIES, PARTNERSHIPS AND OTHER INTERESTS, AND THE CITY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE IN THAT DEVELOPMENT. 11) TO PRESERVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE IN THE COUNTY OF TYNE AND WEAR AND OF THE NATION AT LARGE, WHTEVER OF THE ENGLISH HISTORICAL, ARCHITECTURAL CONSTRUCTIONAL HERITAGE AS MAY EXIST IN AND AROUND THE CITY AFORESAID, PARTICULARLY THAT CONCERNED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF RAILWAYS IN THE FORM OF BUILDINGS (INCLUDING ANY BUILDING AS DEFINED IN SECTION 290(1) OF THE TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1971) OF PARTICULAR BEAUTY OR HISTORICAL, ARCHITECTURAL OR CONSTRUCTIONAL INTEREST.

Grants received

2 grants · £17,500 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £12,500
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £5,000

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £12,5002009-10-26
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £5,0002004-08-06
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.

7 trustees on the board

7y median 8y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

2
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 7General Charitable Purposes 7Other Charitable Purposes 7

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 1Construction 1Education 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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£1k latest income · income exceeded spending 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
700647
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - ASSOCIATION CONVERSIONCONVERSION 07 APR 2021
Contact on the register
01912509717 · rstrust@robertstephensontrust.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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