SCHOOLS NORTHEAST

Registered charity 1129594 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The advancement of education for the public benefit of children and young people up to the age of 25. In particular, but not exclusively, by establishing a network for schools in North East England to work together to support, inform and influence key regional strategies and so enable schools to improve the quality and effectiveness of education and build links with the employment sector.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 25, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY ESTABLISHING A NETWORK FOR SCHOOLS IN THE NORTH EAST OF ENGLAND TO WORK TOGETHER TO SUPPORT, INFORM AND INFLUENCE KEY REGIONAL STRATEGIES AND SO ENABLE SCHOOLS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF EDUCATION AND BUILD LINKS WITH THE EMPLOYMENT SECTOR ("THE OBJECTS").

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.

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 the charity ended the year with an in-year surplus of £133,687 and total unrestricted net assets of £693,488. The trustees confirm that these free reserves are well in excess of their stated policy target of three months' operating expenditure. The filing notes that the organisation remains financially strong with sustainable financial levels post-pandemic.

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 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
• 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

Funders the charity credits

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

• Howden — “The Schools North East Podcast is sponsored by Howden.” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~11.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading 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: 44.0% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• JOHN HARDYchair
• Christina Jones
• Colin Andrew Lofthouse
• Dame Maura REGAN · trustee of 2 other charities
• Jo Heaton
• Kate Chisholm
• Kieran McGrane
• Kieran McLaughlin
• MONICA SHEPHERD
• Mike Butler
• Pete King
• Zoe Carr

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHILDREN NORTH EAST.

• CHILDREN NORTH EAST income £4.1m
• TEN North East Limited income £282k
• NORTH EAST YOUNG DADS AND LADS PROJECT CIO income £561k
• NORTH EAST ENGLAND GUIDE ASSOCIATION income £586k
• NORTHEASE MANOR SCHOOL LTD income £3.7m
• NORTH WEST LIFE EDUCATION LIMITED income £118k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.