BLUE SKY TRUST

Registered charity 1068701 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NEAC, NORTH EAST AIDS CARE TRUST, T4Y, THINK FOR YOURSELF

Blue Sky Trust:1. Supports and connects people in the North East and Cumbria at every step of their HIV journey through the provision of one to one support, peer mentoring, peer support, education and events.2. Empowers young people to make safe, healthy relationship choices through creative educational workshops (Think 4 Yourself) in schools and youth settings.

Objects

A) TO RELIEVE POVERTY SICKNESS AND DISTRESS OF PERSONS WITH HIV/AIDS WHO ARE RESIDENT IN THE NORTH EAST OF ENGLAND ND ELSEWHERE AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT HOMECARE SERVICES AND OTHER PRACTICAL ASSISTANCE TO THEM AND THEIR FAMILY AND THEIR CARERS WHICH ARE CALCULATED TO RELIEVE THEIR NEED AND IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.B) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN THE CARE OF PEOPLE AFFECTED BY HIV/AIDS AND GENERALLY IN THE AREA OF SEXUAL HEALTH EDUCATION IN THE NORTH EAST OF ENGLAND AND ELSEWHERE AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.C) TO RELIEVE OTHER PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED OR HARDSHIP WHETHER ARISING OUT OF ILL HEALTH OR MATERIAL LACK OR OTHERWISE IN THE NORTH EAST OF ENGLAND AND ELSEWHERE AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT

Area of benefit: NORTH EAST OF ENGLAND AND ELSEWHERE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Newcastle upon Tyne, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a surplus of £67,767 for the year ended 31 March 2026, with total income of £325,476. Total unrestricted funds stood at £99,252, which the trustees note equates to approximately three and a half months of costs against a policy target of four months. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis, with the trustees viewing the immediate future as secure.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Blue Sky Trust (matched by registered charity number).

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (07/07/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr HELEN MARIE MCILVEEN PHD MA DNchair
• Elizabeth Anne Holmes
• Gillian Palmer Evans
• LYNDA HELEN WEATHERLY CQSW
• Michael Patrick O'Halloran

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Cumbria · Durham · Gateshead · Middlesbrough · Newcastle Upon Tyne City · North Tyneside · Northumberland · Stockton-on-tees · Sunderland

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BLUE SKYE THINKING.

• BLUE SKYE THINKING income £32k
• BLUE CABIN CIO income £485k
• THE JON EGGING TRUST income £1.4m
• RED SKY FOUNDATION income £865k
• NIGHT SKY FOUNDATION income £37k
• BUTTERFLY SPACE income £77k

Side by side with its peers

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