CENTRE WEST (NEWCASTLE)

Registered charity 1129502 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NEW DEAL FOR COMMUNITIES (NEWCASTLE) LIMITED

Rgeneration activities in the West End of Newcastle upon Tyne

Objects

TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT URBAN AND RURAL REGENERATION IN THE AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION AND IN PARTICULAR IN PARTS OF THE WINGROVE WARDS, ELSWICK WARD AND WESTGATE WARD AREAS OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE (HEREINAFTER CALLED 'THE WEST END OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE'), BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:1 THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR POVERTY IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT;2 THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT;3 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING OR RETRAINNG, PARTICULARLY AMONG UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE, AND PROVIDING UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE WITH WORK EXPERIENCE;4 THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, OR BUSINESS ADVICE OR CONSULTANCY IN ORDER TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE IN CASES OF FINANCIAL OR OTHER CHARITABLE NEED THROUGH HELP;A IN SETTING UP THEIR OWN BUSINESSES; ORB TO EXISTING BUSINESSES5 THE CREATION OF TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES BY THE PROVISION OF WORKSPACE, BUILDINGS AND/OR LAND FOR USE ON FAVOURABLE TERMS;6 THE PROVISION OF HOUSING FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN NEED AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF HOUSING IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR AND CHARITABLE OWNERSHIP PROVIDED THAT SUCH POWER SHALL NOT EXTEND TO RELIEVING ANY LOCAL AUTHORITIES OR OTHER BODIES OF A STATUTORY DUTY TO PROVIDE OR IMPROVE HOUSING;7 THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT OR PROVISION OF PUBLIC AMENITIES, PROVIDED THAT SUCH POWER SHALL NOT EXTEND TO RELIEVING ANY LOCAL AUTHORITIES OR OTHER BODIES OF A STATUTORY DUTY TO MAINTAIN, PROVIDE OR IMPROVE PUBLIC AMENITIES;8 THE PRESERVATION OF BUILDINGS OR SITES OF HISTORIC OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE;9 THE PROVISION OR ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES;10 THE PROTECTION OR CONSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT;11 THE PROMOTION OF IMPROVED PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES AND CHILDCARE PROVIDED THAT SUCH OBJECT SHALL NOT EXTEND TO RELIEVING ANY HEALTH AUTHORITIES OR OTHER PUBLIC BODIES OF A STATUTORY DUTY TO MAINTAIN, PROVIDE OR IMPROVE PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES AND CHILDCARE;12 THE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE PREVENTION OF CRIME;13 THE PROMOTION OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW BUSINESSES, THE DEVELOPMENT OF EXISTING BUSINESSES, AND THE PROMOTION OF COOPERATION AND COLLABORATION BETWEEN BUSINESSES TO PROMOTE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE;14 THE PROMOTION OF ARRANGEMENTS FOR PROVIDING SERVICES AND FACILITIES TO ASSIST BUSINESSES IN THE CONDUCT OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY AND IN DEVELOPING PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND FACILITIES AND ALSO IN MEETING LEGISLATIVE AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS; AND15 DEVELOPING THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE OR THOSE WHO BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, HAVE NEED OF SUCH DEVELOPMENT IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY AND HELP MEET THEIR OWN SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY.

Area of benefit: PARTS OF THE WINGROVE WARDS, ELSWICK WARD AND WESTGATE WARD AREAS OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE

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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Newcastle upon Tyne, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £130,291 for the year ended 31 March 2025, compared to a surplus in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds stood at £1,043,950, with free reserves of £1,039,081, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover several years of expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Sumer Auditco Limited. 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 policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds 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)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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, 4 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2025 (received 03/02/2026, 3 days after the 31/01/2026 due date); year ending 31/03/2024 (received 11/03/2025, 39 days after the 31/01/2025 due date); year ending 31/03/2023 (received 01/02/2024, 1 day after the 31/01/2024 due date); year ending 31/03/2021 (received 31/03/2022, 59 days after the 31/01/2022 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.

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title 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 ~19.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (58% 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

• Rev George Robert Currychair · trustee of 7 other charities
• Councillor Habib Rahman
• Fergus Laird
• Marie Bartley

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

Operates in: Newcastle Upon Tyne City

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NORTHCOURT CENTRE.

• NORTHCOURT CENTRE income £34k
• YOUR EDGE NORTH WEST income £160k
• HEALTHWORKS NEWCASTLE income £2.1m
• THE WESTERN COMMUNITY CENTRE income £34k
• CAFE WEST income £592k
• THE ELDERS COUNCIL OF NEWCASTLE LIMITED income £83k

Side by side with its peers

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