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Map of charities and companies in Sunderland
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Charities are shown at their registered address and companies are grouped by the postcode of their registered office. Select a dot to see who is there and open their profile. A registered address is not always where an organisation works. Zoom in to see more. Sources: Charity Commission, OSCR and the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland via the GovReg place index; Companies House register, 2 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. This map outlines Sunderland and its wards. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Organisations based here
Counted by registered address. A charity or company registered here may work elsewhere, and organisations from elsewhere may work here.
How do we know this?
| Figure | Source | Period | Geography | Method and limits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Organisation counts | Charity Commission, Companies House, Department for Education, NHS Public registers, via the GovReg place index Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 | place index build, 10 Oct 2026 | Sunderland | Counted by registered address or school postcode Active companies with a registered office in this area (Companies House). A registered office is not an operating location. Charities whose contact postcode (or nearest postcode) is in this area; not all serve only this area. NHS trust head offices located here; services are delivered across wider areas. Open schools in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland located here. |
Who serves this area
Charities, schools and the council. Each name links to its GovReg profile.
Largest charities by income
- Mental Health Mattersincome £28.2m · 9 trustees
- Education and Services for People with Autism Limitedincome £20.9m · 7 trustees
- Sunderland Counselling Serviceincome £6.6m · 6 trustees
- Foundation of Lightincome £5.6m · 11 trustees
- Springboard Sunderland Trustincome £3.4m · 4 trustees
- Durham Wildlife Trustincome £2.8m · 10 trustees
- Sunderland Culture Limitedincome £2.7m · 12 trustees
- Sunderland Engineering Training Association Limitedincome £2.7m · 5 trustees
- Hopespringincome £2.4m · 5 trustees
- Age Uk Sunderlandincome £2.4m · 7 trustees
Largest schools by pupils
- St Robert of Newminster Catholic School and Sixth Form College, WashingtonSecondary · 1,527 pupils
- Southmoor AcademySecondary · 1,398 pupils
- St Anthony's Girls' Catholic AcademySecondary · 1,297 pupils
- KepierSecondary · 1,131 pupils
- St Aidan's Catholic AcademySecondary · 1,057 pupils
- Oxclose Community AcademySecondary · 1,029 pupils
- Biddick AcademySecondary · 1,002 pupils
- Castle View Enterprise AcademySecondary · 993 pupils
The council
- SunderlandCouncillors, wards, party groups and their registered interests
NHS trusts with a head office here
- South Tyneside and Sunderland Nhs Foundation Trust
397 charities are registered here; the 374 that report income have a combined income of £127.9m and a median of £33,625. Income is as reported to the Charity Commission, and a charity may spend it elsewhere.
Elected councillors (75)
Sunderland has 75 elected councillors in this area. Only elected members are named, as public office holders.
Show all 75 councillors
| Councillor | Party | Ward |
|---|---|---|
| Caroline Comer | Labour and Co-operative Party | Barnes & Thornhill |
| Ehthesham Haque | Labour and Co-operative Party | Barnes & Thornhill |
| Fiona Katharine Tobin | Labour and Co-operative Party | Barnes & Thornhill |
| David Barker | Reform UK | Deptford & Hendon |
| Lynda Joyce Andrews | Reform UK | Deptford & Hendon |
| Marie Isabella McCarty | Reform UK | Deptford & Hendon |
| Heather Fagan | Liberal Democrats | Doxford Park |
| Michael Peacock | Liberal Democrats | Doxford Park |
| Paul Gibson | Liberal Democrats | Doxford Park |
| Helen Greener | Reform UK | Farringdon & Silksworth |
| Ian Henri Dury | Reform UK | Farringdon & Silksworth |
| Robert Hutchinson | Reform UK | Farringdon & Silksworth |
| Malcolm Bond | Liberal Democrats | Fulwell |
| Peter Walton | Liberal Democrats | Fulwell |
| Steve Pickering | Liberal Democrats | Fulwell |
| Colin Wright | Reform UK | Grangetown |
| Daniel Joseph Cowie | Reform UK | Grangetown |
| Mark Peter Wynn | Reform UK | Grangetown |
| Margaret Crosby | Liberal Democrats | Grindon & Thorney Close |
| Paul Edgeworth | Liberal Democrats | Grindon & Thorney Close |
| Stephen O'Brien | Liberal Democrats | Grindon & Thorney Close |
| Bill Blackett | Reform UK | Herrington & Newbottle |
| Bruce Allcroft | Reform UK | Herrington & Newbottle |
| Jeffrey Shaw | Reform UK | Herrington & Newbottle |
| Alan Davies | Reform UK | Hetton |
| Jason Lloyd | Reform UK | Hetton |
| Steven Neil Paterson | Reform UK | Hetton |
| Donna Sarah Thomas | Reform UK | Houghton North |
| Joseph Francomb Parkin | Reform UK | Houghton North |
| Sandra Louisa Hobson-Tate | Reform UK | Houghton North |
| Heather Finlay | Reform UK | Houghton South & Hetton Downs |
| Jonathon Robert Emerson | Reform UK | Houghton South & Hetton Downs |
| Michael Quigley | Reform UK | Houghton South & Hetton Downs |
| David Laing | Reform UK | Hylton Castle |
| Glenn Gibbins | Reform UK | Hylton Castle |
| Ian Jones | Reform UK | Hylton Castle |
| Julia Potts | Liberal Democrats | Pallion & Ford |
| Martin Haswell | Liberal Democrats | Pallion & Ford |
| Steve Donkin | Liberal Democrats | Pallion & Ford |
| Carol Giles | Reform UK | Pennywell & South Hylton |
| Julia Ann Irwing | Reform UK | Pennywell & South Hylton |
| Russell Arthur Giles | Reform UK | Pennywell & South Hylton |
| Abbey Purcell | Reform UK | Penshaw & Shiney Row |
| Axel Tye | Reform UK | Penshaw & Shiney Row |
| Carole Allcroft | Reform UK | Penshaw & Shiney Row |
| Christopher Luke Eynon | Reform UK | Redhouse |
| Ciera Hudspith | Reform UK | Redhouse |
| Shaun Conley | Reform UK | Redhouse |
| Andrew Ramsey | Reform UK | Roker |
| Kirsty Ann Alder | Reform UK | Roker |
| Thomas Montgomery Steele | Reform UK | Roker |
| James Edward Jackson | Reform UK | Ryhope |
| Pamela Margaret Taylor | Reform UK | Ryhope |
| Sharon Surtees | Reform UK | Ryhope |
| Jamie Bolam Scott | Reform UK | Southwick |
| Jannine Catherine Morrow | Reform UK | Southwick |
| Michael Henderson Leadbitter | Reform UK | Southwick |
| Glenda Patricia Hall | Reform UK | Tunstall & Humbledon |
| Richard Steven Vardy | Reform UK | Tunstall & Humbledon |
| Taff Wales | Reform UK | Tunstall & Humbledon |
| Janis Berzemnieks | Reform UK | Washington Central |
| Joseph William Phillips | Reform UK | Washington Central |
| Saleem Mohammed Memon | Reform UK | Washington Central |
| Anthony Ormond | Reform UK | Washington East |
| Emily Lopez | Reform UK | Washington East |
| Ian Gordon Hembrough | Reform UK | Washington East |
| Elizabeth Anne Brown | Reform UK | Washington North |
| Jason Patrick King | Reform UK | Washington North |
| Paul Donaghy | Reform UK | Washington North |
| Elouise Jade Redmayne | Reform UK | Washington South |
| John Arthur Watson | Reform UK | Washington South |
| Robert Pattison | Reform UK | Washington South |
| Adrian Robert Pickering | Reform UK | Washington West |
| Brandon Mark Feeley | Labour and Co-operative Party | Washington West |
| Joanne Chapman | Labour and Co-operative Party | Washington West |
Full profiles are on the council page.
Organisations that share board members
Among the 374 largest charities here with trustee data, 111 are linked to at least one other through 81 shared board members. This shows how boards overlap, which is not the same as influence or control, and in small communities the same volunteers often serve more than one cause.
- Sunderland Guild of Help and Sunderland Queen Victoria Memorial Fund 19014 shared board members
- Sunderland Guild of Help and Dr John Fothersgill Trust4 shared board members
- Sunderland Queen Victoria Memorial Fund 1901 and Dr John Fothersgill Trust4 shared board members
- Gateway Wheelers and Gateway Wheelers3 shared board members
- Sunderland Guild of Help and Sunderland Convalescent Fund3 shared board members
- Sunderland Convalescent Fund and Sunderland Queen Victoria Memorial Fund 19013 shared board members
- Sunderland Convalescent Fund and Dr John Fothersgill Trust3 shared board members
- Blue Watch Youth Centre and Ryhope Community Association2 shared board members
- Friends of Sunderland Minster and Jane Gibson Almshouses2 shared board members
- Town End Farm Residents Association and St Bede's Community Project2 shared board members
Connections between organisations through shared board members describe how boards overlap. They are not evidence of influence, control or coordination, and many overlaps are ordinary in small communities. Only elected councillors are named. No addresses or other personal details are shown; organisation links point to existing public GovReg profiles.
Sources used on this page
1- Charity Commission, Companies House, Department for Education, NHS England: Organisation registers, via the GovReg place indexA charity or company is counted where its registered address is, which is not necessarily where it works.
Registered offices are not operating locations. Ranks and deciles are never averaged. Census 2021 figures are labelled 2021.