RISE NORTH EAST

Registered charity 1135223 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as North-North-East Active Partnership, TYNE AND WEAR SPORT

Rise North East works with a wide range of local, regional and national partners to make it easier and a more attractive proposition for people to be physically active. Rise is passionate about helping under-represented groups and those who are currently moving for less than 30 minutes per week. Rise is funded and supported by Sport England and other partners, and is one of 43 Active Partnerships.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES THROUGH INCREASED COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN SPORT, ACTIVE RECREATION AND PHYSICAL FITNESS; TO ADVANCE AND FURTHER THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN RELATION TO PHYSICAL FITNESS, NUTRITION, ACTIVE RECREATION AND LIFESTYLE, INCLUDING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF COURSES, TRAINING PROGRAMMES, RESEARCH AND RESOURCES; TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN PROVIDING FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION, PHYSICAL EDUCATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE AIM OF IMPROVING THEIR LIFE CONDITION; TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, PARTICULARLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THOSE WORKING WITH CHILDREN OR VULNERABLE ADULTS, THEIR CARERS AND FAMILIES, AND CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND VULNERABLE ADULTS THEMSELVES, IN CHILD AND VULNERABLE ADULTS PROTECTION; TO ADVANCE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY AND CONSISTENT WITH THE OBJECTS SET OUT ABOVE; FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF COUNTY DURHAM, NORTHUMBERLAND, TYNE AND WEAR AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS

Area of benefit: LE PURPOSES BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY AND CONSISTENT WITH THE OBJECTS SET OUT ABOVE; FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF COUNTY DURHAM, NORTHUMBERLAND, TYNE AND WEAR

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 · Disability · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £8,888 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds carried forward of £1,066,960. The trustees confirmed that undesignated reserves of £335,706 were below their stated policy target of £365,000 to £415,000, representing three months of operational costs. Per the independent auditors' report, the financial statements give a true and fair view and there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by BK Plus Audit Limited. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "within" (FY2024) to "below" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Rise North East (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• Sport England — “PACC is an initiative funded by Sport England and run by a consortium consisting of The Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre, Sheffield, Facu…” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (75% 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 (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (04/03/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Adam Pilkington
• Anoop Puri · trustee of 2 other charities
• Debbie Henderson
• Graeme Richard Nash
• Joanne Cairns
• Karen Pearce
• Katy Elizabeth Storie · trustee of 1 other charity
• Mark Anthony Tweedie
• Nicolette Erevik
• Steven Bell
• Thomas Anthony Seed

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

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

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with RISE FOUNDATION LEICESTERSHIRE.

• RISE FOUNDATION LEICESTERSHIRE income £26k
• THE RISE TRUST income £401k
• RISE CIO income £34k
• REGENERATE-RISE income £529k
• RISE COMMUNITY ACTION income £39k
• THE RISE COLLECTIVE income £53k

Side by side with its peers

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