SUNDERLAND NORTH FAMILY ZONE

Registered charity 1082558 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Family, adult and community learning courses includeo Child developmento Creative Craftso Cooking on a budgeto Basic skills and national tests in numeracy & literacyo Food Hygieneo Online Basics and Basic Computing Course To AdvanceWelfare Services:Support with forms:Personal independent Payments, Employment and Support Allowance,Universal Credit,SSC1

Objects

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF PEOPLE LIVING IN THE NORTH WEST AREA OF THE CITY OF SUNDERLAND, AND IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING:1) TO RELIEVE POVERTY SICKNESS AND DISTRESS.2) TO PROMOTE THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF HEALTH.3) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC.4) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN BELOW COMPULSORY SCHOOL AGE BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR GROUP PLAY IN WHICH PARENTS CAN PARTICIPATE WHERE APPROPRIATE.5) TO PROVIDE INFORMATION, ADVICE AND COUNSELLING SERVICES, AND APPROPRIATE ASSOCIATED FACILITIES.6) TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS HAVING NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR AGE, YOUTH, SEX, INFIRMITY, DISABLEMENT, POVERTY AND SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES.

Area of benefit: THE NORTH WEST AREA OF THE CITY OF SUNDERLAND

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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£8k
Latest spending
£7k
Registered
2000

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In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

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

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 2
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 4

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2022

  • Volunteers: 7
  • Government income: £10,743 — grants £10,743 (1); 6% of the £171,646 total gross income on the same return

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 14/03/2024, 43 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Sunderland

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£8k£7k
31/03/2024£108k£106k
31/03/2023£48k£94k
31/03/2022£172k£116k
31/03/2021£100k£73k

Common questions

Who funds SUNDERLAND NORTH FAMILY ZONE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SUNDERLAND NORTH FAMILY ZONE as a grant recipient include THE BERNICIA FOUNDATION, THE BARBOUR FOUNDATION, THE FORTE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, SIR JOHN PRIESTMAN CHARITY TRUST, THE ALLEN LANE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE BERNICIA FOUNDATIONFY2022£10kInclusion Grant
THE BARBOUR FOUNDATIONFY2023£10k
THE FORTE CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£10kSmall Grant
THE FORTE CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£7kSmall Grant
SIR JOHN PRIESTMAN CHARITY TRUSTFY2024£6kSection 2(f)
THE ALLEN LANE FOUNDATIONFY2023£4k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund05/12/2025£20kKeeping Our Community Pantry on the Road To Fight Poverty in Sunderland
Community Foundation North East18/07/2024£10kGrant to Sunderland North Family Zone
The National Lottery Community Fund05/05/2023£10kActivities programme to reduce isolation in sheltered accommodation schemes
The National Lottery Community Fund22/07/2021£3kReducing loneliness and reconnecting older people living in care
Community Foundation North East24/06/2021£12kA grant to Sunderland North Family Zone
The National Lottery Heritage Fund23/06/2021£10k"Uncovering the history of theatre and LGBT rights"
The National Lottery Community Fund25/02/2021£10kReconnecting after Lockdown: Community Pantry Project
Community Foundation North East13/03/2018£10kMobile Community Pantry
The National Lottery Community Fund16/06/2011£9kSunderland North Volunteering In Action
The National Lottery Community Fund15/01/2009£9kTwilight
The National Lottery Community Fund15/04/2005£5kfamily friends