LIVING HISTORY (NORTH EAST) LIMITED

Registered charity 1100755 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LHNE

REGIONAL ORAL HISTORY CENTRERECORD PEOPLE'S MEMORIES/LIFE STORIES TO PRESERVE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS

Objects

3. THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED ARE:(A) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY OF THE NORTH EAST REGION BY RECORDING, PRESERVING AND DISSEMINATING THE HISTORICAL MEMORIES OF THE LIVING IN THE AREA AND BY MAINTAINING AN ARCHIVE OF ORAL AND OTHER MATERIAL FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.(B) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE METHODS AND PRACTICES OF ORAL HISTORY.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £68,919, with total funds carried forward of £512,554, largely held in fixed assets. The charity holds only £3,000 in free reserves, which the trustees acknowledge falls significantly short of their own policy target of 3 to 6 months of annual expenditure.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 4 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04696986

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• EnDear — “EnDear, a funded project helped us to create a new programme of services and outreach for people living with dementia or Alzhiemers that now…” (source page)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• CHAPMAN, Carl — director, appointed 01/08/2026not on trustee list
• VINCENT, Sharon — director, appointed 31/01/2014on trustee list
• JONES, Susan Jane, Doctor — director, appointed 31/01/2013on trustee list
• HILTON, Janette — secretary, appointed 13/03/2003

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Susan Jane Joneschair
• Alan Cummings · trustee of 1 other charity
• MR RAY DAVISON
• PAULINE HILTON
• Sharon Vincent · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Gateshead · Newcastle Upon Tyne City · North Tyneside · South Tyneside · Sunderland

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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