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Registered charity 1069993 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Financial health, per its FY2023 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £110,027 for the year ended 31 March 2023, a reversal from the previous year's surplus, largely due to the timing of grant income recognition. Despite the operational deficit, the trustees describe the balance sheet as healthy with significant deferred income, and unrestricted free reserves stood at £365,681. The trustees have confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Robson Laidler Accountants Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~4.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (20/11/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (02/02/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees

• Danielle Rudd
• Dr Jo Whaley
• Duncan Keith Sellers
• Jacqueline Ann Cairns · trustee of 1 other charity
• Kathryn Chaplin
• Sheila Halpin

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

Operates in: Durham · Gateshead · Hartlepool · Middlesbrough · Newcastle Upon Tyne City · North Tyneside · Redcar And Cleveland · Stockton-on-tees

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).