THE ELDERS COUNCIL OF NEWCASTLE LIMITED

Registered charity 1122424 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Representing the views, concerns and ideas of older people in Newcastle upon Tyne

Objects

TO RELIEVE THE CHARITABLE NEEDS ASSOCIATED WITH AGEING OF OLDER PEOPLE RESIDENT IN THE CITY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY:A) TO RELIEVE POVERTY, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS;B) TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT GOOD HEALTH;C) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE AIM OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.2 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF OLDER PEOPLE RESIDENT IN THE CITY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE.

Area of benefit: TYNE AND WEAR

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 FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £21,062 for the year ended 31 March 2026, resulting in free reserves of £47,210. The trustees note that reserves were short of their stated policy target of six months of operating costs, though the outlook for the following year is described as cautiously optimistic.

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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• 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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Michael Wilkeschair
• Anne Raffle
• Diane Margaret Scott
• FARIDA REHMAN
• JOHN THOMAS WHITE
• Keith John Williamson · trustee of 2 other charities
• STELLA SIMBO
• WENDY PARVIN

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

Operates in: Newcastle Upon Tyne City

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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