NORTH EAST WELLBEING

Registered charity 1154255 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DARLINGTON WELLBEING TRUST, DWT

North East Wellbeing works to maintain a community of practitioners delivering wellbeing services to partnerships of schools. We work in the North East of England.

Objects

THE ONLY OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED ARE TO ADVANCE AND PROMOTE EDUCATION WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING AND ENHANCING THE EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT LEVELS AND PERFORMANCE, PROSPECTS, EMOTIONAL WELLBEING AND/OR MENTAL HEALTH OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING EMOTIONAL, MENTAL OR PHYSICAL DISTRESS AND/OR ILL HEALTH IN THE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT.

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 · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Northumberland, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£330k

Latest spending

£349k

Registered

2013

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that North East Wellbeing reported a modest surplus of £15,029 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total turnover of £267,969. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £73,808, which the trustees confirm meets their policy target of maintaining reserves equivalent to three months of operating costs. The financial position is described as robust and healthy despite challenges in funding.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months operating costs (reserves figure: £74k)

“NEW is committed to maintaining reserves to the value of three months operating costs.” — page 3

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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
Campaigns and political activity 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
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

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Government income: £105,000 — contracts £105,000 (2); 32% of the £330,218 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Government income: £50,000 — contracts £50,000 (1); 19% of the £267,969 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr Jessica Hollingsworth
Michelle Brown
Paul Ryan
Sarah McTimoney

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£330k	£349k
31/12/2024	£268k	£253k
31/12/2023	£298k	£306k
31/12/2022	£394k	£367k
31/12/2021	£303k	£256k

Common questions

Is NORTH EAST WELLBEING financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that North East Wellbeing reported a modest surplus of £15,029 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total turnover of £267,969. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £73,808, which the trustees confirm meets their policy target of maintaining reserves equivalent to three months of operating costs. The financial position is described as robust and healthy despite challenges in funding. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds NORTH EAST WELLBEING?

Funders whose own accounts filings name NORTH EAST WELLBEING as a grant recipient include NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HOSPITALS NHS CHARITY.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HOSPITALS NHS CHARITY	FY2022	£30k	Zone West Impact Management

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Community Foundation North East	10/02/2023	£5k	Grant to North East Wellbeing
Community Foundation North East	22/12/2022	£4k	Grant to North East Wellbeing

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
LOCAL TRUST	1	£871k
IMPETUS - THE PRIVATE EQUITY FOUNDATION	1	£294k
Point North Community Foundation	1	£37k
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOUNDATION	1	£10k
THE SIR JAMES KNOTT TRUST	1	£4k
THE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND'S CHARITY	1	£4k
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£2k
MAGDALEN HOSPITAL TRUST	1	£2k

Charities like this

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

LIVE WELL NORTH EAST income £221k
GROUNDWORK NORTH EAST income £8.2m
NORTHPOINT WELLBEING LIMITED income £12.9m
PRESTON NORTH END COMMUNITY AND EDUCATION TRUST income £1.8m
WELLBANK FOUNDATION income £45k
HEALTHWATCH NORTH TYNESIDE income £244k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
NORTH EAST WELLBEING	£330k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
LIVE WELL NORTH EAST FY2025	£221k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
GROUNDWORK NORTH EAST FY2025	£8.2m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NORTHPOINT WELLBEING LIMITED FY2025	£12.9m	—	9	unclear	—	no doubt
PRESTON NORTH END COMMUNITY AND EDUCATION TRUST FY2025	£1.8m	£60,001 - £70,000	1	above	—	no doubt
WELLBANK FOUNDATION FY2026	£45k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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