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ACTIVE NORTHUMBERLAND

Registered charity 1153198 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity will provide sport and leisure activities, and promote health and fitness.

Causes: Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£20.1m
Latest spending
£21.5m
Registered
2013
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net loss of £1,395,879 for the year ended 31 March 2024 and holds unrestricted general reserves of £137,343. Per the trustees' report, the charity is no longer a going concern following the loss of its contract with Northumberland County Council and is undergoing an orderly winding up and liquidation process.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £120,000 - £129,999 — below the median for charities its size (£130k)
“£120,000 - £129,999 1”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: 10% turnover or 3 months' staffing costs (£1.30 - £2.00 million) (held: £137k)
“Currently the Board has agreed that a reserve of 10% turnover or 3 months' staffing costs (£1.30 - £2.00 million) is appropriate”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: accounts NOT prepared on a going-concern basis (closing, merging or winding up)
“Due to the loss of contract with the Council, the Board considers Active Northumberland no longer a going concern, and the accounts have been prepared on that basis.” — page 17
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Active Northumberland Trading Limited
“All transactions between the Charity and its subsidiary, Active Northumberland Trading Limited are eliminated on consolidation.” — page 49
“In 2023-24 there have been goods or service received from NWG Business - £233,872” — page 49
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: NWG Business
“All transactions between the Charity and its subsidiary, Active Northumberland Trading Limited are eliminated on consolidation.” — page 49
“In 2023-24 there have been goods or service received from NWG Business - £233,872” — page 49
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Active Northumberland Trading Limited
“The charitable Company has a wholly owned trading subsidiary Company, Active Northumberland Trading Limited” — page 38
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Robson Laidler Accountants Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Total income
£20.1m
Total spending
£21.5m
Cost of raising funds
£2.1m
Reserves (reported)
£137k
Employees
860

Reported reserves equal ~0.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (85% 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: 10.4% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Northumberland

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025——
31/03/2024£20.1m£21.5m
31/03/2023£17.7m£18.3m
31/03/2022£15.2m£15.9m
31/03/2021£12.0m£12.5m

Common questions

Is ACTIVE NORTHUMBERLAND financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a net loss of £1,395,879 for the year ended 31 March 2024 and holds unrestricted general reserves of £137,343. Per the trustees' report, the charity is no longer a going concern following the loss of its contract with Northumberland County Council and is undergoing an orderly winding up and liquidation process. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Robson Laidler Accountants Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of ACTIVE NORTHUMBERLAND earn?

Per its FY2024 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £120,000 - £129,999 band.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund17/09/2025£227k"Northumberland Coast Dark Skies: Conserving and connecting the nocturnal heritage of the Northumberland Coast National Landscape"
Sport England06/09/2023£48kSchool Games Organiser
Sport England06/09/2023£16kSchool Games Organiser
Sport England14/03/2023£8kSchool Games Organiser
Sport England13/03/2023£24kSchool Games Organiser
Sport England26/07/2022£45kSchool Games Organiser
Sport England25/07/2022£15kSchool Games Organiser
Sport England23/03/2022£27kSchool Games Organiser
Sport England18/03/2022£9kSchool Games Organiser
Sport England18/07/2018£209kGetting Mams Active
Community Foundation North East15/03/2018£2kValley Moves Leisure Programme 2018-19
Community Foundation North East28/02/2018£1kFunding will support an athlete to develop his swimming talent
Sport England19/12/2017£80kCSP School Sport
Sport England05/12/2017£120kCSP Funding 2014-17
Sport England23/10/2017£88kSatellite clubs
Sport England03/10/2017£8kCSP School Sport
Sport England30/05/2017£21kAbility 2 Play Adults
Sport England18/05/2017£80kActive Communities
Sport England03/05/2017£35kGet Into....@Hirst Welfare
Sport England02/05/2017£17kRural Sport Activator
Community Foundation North East23/03/2017£1kTowards Valley Moves Leisure Programme 2017-18
Sport England21/03/2017£226kSwim Local Pilot
Sport England03/01/2017£220kCSP Funding 2014-17
Sport England17/11/2016£8kCSP Funding 2014-17
Sport England21/06/2016£20kSwim Pilot Phase 3

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE REED FOUNDATION2£52k
AGE UK1£208k
THE JOHN HORSEMAN TRUST1£28k
THE JGW PATTERSON FOUNDATION1£28k
THE GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS' FUND OF BENEVOLENCE1£27k
THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUST1£24k
SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUST1£10k
BROADMEAD COMMUNITY CHURCH1£9k

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NORTHUMBERLAND FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ACTIVE NORTHUMBERLAND£20.1m£120,000 - £129,999—unclear—not going concern
NORTHUMBERLAND FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025£679k—0above—no doubt
NORTHUMBERLAND JUNIOR FOOTBALL LEAGUE LIMITED FY2025£424k—0unclear—no doubt
Trilogy Active FY2025£9.6m——unclear—no doubt
NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£146k—0above—no doubt
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE SPORT FY2025£3.7m——unclear—no doubt

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