LD:NORTHEAST
Registered charity 1054535 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LDF, LEARNING DISABILITIES FEDERATION (NORTH TYNESIDE), THE LEARNING DISABILITIES FEDERATION (IN NORTH TYNESIDE), THE LEARNING DISABILITIES FEDERATION (NORTH TYNESIDE)
The Charity's object and its principal activity continues to be that of alleviating the conditions of life among people who are caring or have cared for people with learning disabilities at home, and who are in neccessitious circumstances. The Charity works directly with and for people with learning disabilities and continues to advance public education concerning caring for carers and the public.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net income surplus of £41,970 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total incoming resources of £1,405,271. Per the trustees' report, free reserves amounted to £239,623, which the trustees justify as being above their minimum target of around £200k to meet working capital and unexpected expenditure needs. The auditors confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: a minimum of around £200k (held: £240k)
“Consequently, after assessing the areas of risk, the trustees are able to justify holding reserves at a minimum of around £200k.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by BK Plus Audit Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Lisa Donnalley — Chief Executive (source)
- Danielle Falcus — Deputy CEO (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~2.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (90% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Brenda Mary Boyd · trustee of 1 other charity
- Christina Richardson
- Emma Jean Wemyss
- Janine Finnie
- Jeffrey Dinning
- William Paton
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: North Tyneside
Income and spending
Common questions
Is LD:NORTHEAST financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income surplus of £41,970 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total incoming resources of £1,405,271. Per the trustees' report, free reserves amounted to £239,623, which the trustees justify as being above their minimum target of around £200k to meet working capital and unexpected expenditure needs. The auditors confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by BK Plus Audit Limited.
Who funds LD:NORTHEAST?
Funders whose own accounts filings name LD:NORTHEAST as a grant recipient include THE CATHERINE COOKSON CHARITABLE TRUST, SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUST.
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