Company · Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle United Foundation
Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- David Gordon HopkinsonDirector · since 2025
- Simon CapperDirector · since 2025
- James George RyanDirector · since 2025
- Scott BullockDirector · since 2023
- Darren EalesDirector · since 2022
- Foluwashola AmeobiDirector · since 2020
- Michelle Francis PercyDirector · since 2020
- Michael Roger ThompsonDirector · since 2018
- Graeme Mark MasonDirector · since 2017
- John Philip Birkett MarshallDirector · since 2011
Previous officers 18
- Dominica Clare O’Neil 2024-2025 View profile
- Stephen Alan Harper 2018-2023 View profile
- Judith Frances Doyle 2017-2020 View profile
- Carole Beverley 2016-2017 View profile
- Claire Alexander 2016-2025 View profile
- Neil Winskill 2016-2017 View profile
- Brian Jonathan Thorpe 2015-2024 View profile
- Lee Charnley 2014-2021 View profile
- Wendy Jane Taylor 2012-2016 View profile
- Simon Esland 2010-2014 View profile
- David Alan Faulkner 2009-2010 View profile
- Jonathan David Edwards 2009-2016 View profile
- James Frederick Nelson 2008-2009 View profile
- Shay John James Given 2008-2008 View profile
- David Craig Williamson 2008-2009 View profile
- Susan Justice 2008-2017 View profile
- John Andrew Irving 2007-2015 View profile
- Christopher Andrew Mort 2007-2008 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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Public contracts won
4 contracts · £780,000 totalFrom Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the UK Government's public procurement notices, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Matched to this organisation by company number, charity number or exact name and postcode; every figure links to its source notice.
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Family Learning Provision FY26 for NCG
NCG have awarded a number of contracts for partners to support the delivery of Family Learning on behalf of the North East Mayoral Strategic Authority. The contracts were awarded via the NCG Education Services DPS.
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YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE (YOLO) PROJECT
The requirement is for the YOLO (You Only Live Once) project to be direct awarded to Newcastle football club in the region and work with vulnerable young people aged 10 - 16 across the Northumbria Police Force Area.
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Together Through Sport - Newcastle United Foundation
The purpose of this service is to increase access to free sports activities by funding additional capacity in after-school and holiday clubs across the region. This funding will support 200 free places of school holiday provision OR 200 hou…
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Tackling Childcare Barriers through HAF and After School Activity
This project will deliver targeted family engagement and recruitment activity to engage economically inactive parents and carers who are not currently accessing mainstream employment and skills provision. Delivery will include holiday and a…
About
- What it does
- Other business support service activities n.e.c.; Sports and recreation education; Other sports activities
- Incorporated
- 30/10/2007
- Registered office
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Also a registered charity
- Newcastle United Foundation
Grants received
27 grants · £1,257,424 total360Giving 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 Community Fund · £1,060,362 (9 grants)
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities · £99,091 (2 grants)
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £60,000 (2 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £20,971
- Community Foundation North East · £17,000 (13 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.
10 directors on the board
- John Philip Birkett Marshall Director · appointed 2011
- Graeme Mark Mason Director · appointed 2017
- Michael Roger Thompson Director · appointed 2018
- Simon Capper Director · appointed 2025
- Darren Eales Director · appointed 2022
- James George Ryan Director · appointed 2025
- David Gordon Hopkinson Director · appointed 2025
- Foluwashola Ameobi Director · appointed 2020
- Michelle Francis Percy Director · appointed 2020
- Scott Bullock Director · appointed 2023
Directors past 6 years
- John Philip Birkett Marshall Director · appointed 2011
- Graeme Mark Mason Director · appointed 2017
- Michael Roger Thompson Director · appointed 2018
- Michelle Francis Percy Director · appointed 2020
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (3)
- Graeme Mark Mason Director · appointed 2017
- Darren Eales Director · appointed 2022
- Michelle Francis Percy Director · appointed 2020
Portfolio (7)
- John Philip Birkett Marshall Director · appointed 2011
- Michael Roger Thompson Director · appointed 2018
- Simon Capper Director · appointed 2025
- James George Ryan Director · appointed 2025
- David Gordon Hopkinson Director · appointed 2025
- Foluwashola Ameobi Director · appointed 2020
- Scott Bullock Director · appointed 2023
Also govern a charity
- John Philip Birkett Marshall ST Chad's College Durham, The William Leech Foundation Limited
- Michael Roger Thompson Tyne and Wear Building Preservation Trust Limited
- James George Ryan The Newcastle Upon Tyne Royal Grammar School
- Foluwashola Ameobi The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Gateshead ST George
Left in the last 12 months
- Dominica Clare O’Neil Director · appointed 2024 · resigned 2025
Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.
The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 06412345
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Accounts next due
- 30/04/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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