MEADOW WELL CONNECTED

Registered charity 1070839 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MEADOW WELL COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTRE

Managing a Community Centre and Gardens that provide services and facilities for the local community which includes; alternative education, training, work experience, employability hub, advice and guidance, alcohol support, counselling, horticulture, community development and kids club. We also provide facilities to a wider community to host conferences and training with the provisions of a cafe.

Objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY ACROSS THE NORTH EAST OF ENGLAND GENERALLY AND MORE SPECIFICALLY IN THE MEADOW WELL ESTATE, NORTH SHIELDS, TYNE AND WEAR AND ALSO THE NORTH EAST OF ENGLAND (" THE AREA OF BENEFIT") BY(1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING(2) THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF GOOD HEALTH AND WELLBEING(3) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS(4) PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES AND SERVICES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Area of benefit: MEADOW WELL ESTATE, NORTH SHIELDS, TYNE AND WEAR

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: North Tyneside, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a year-end deficit of £154,640, reducing total funds from £483,149 to £328,509. Per the trustees' report, free unrestricted reserves are effectively nil after accounting for restricted funds, designated amounts, and illiquid assets, leaving the charity dependent on securing new grant income to sustain operations.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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
• 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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Reported reserves equal ~3.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (66% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Marjory Elizabeth Burdischair · trustee of 1 other charity
• DAVID CHARLES SLATER · trustee of 2 other charities
• Dr Wendy Victoria Gill
• Mark Thompson
• Norma Tullock · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rebecca Adele O'Keefe

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

Operates in: North Tyneside

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with COMMUNITY, ADVICE, SUPPORT AND EDUCATION.

• COMMUNITY, ADVICE, SUPPORT AND EDUCATION income £60k
• MEADOWHEAD CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP income £461k
• WANSTEAD HOUSE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £172k
• COMMUNITIES WELFARE NETWORK income £58k
• CREATIVE CONNECTED COMMUNITIES income £115k
• THE MEADOWS CHILDREN AND FAMILY WING income £147k

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