TYNE AND WEAR CENTRE AGAINST UNEMPLOYMENT

Registered charity 1171669 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TYNESIDE CENTRE AGAINST UNEMPLOYMENT

The aim of the Centre is to campaign against Unemployment and to seek to improve the circumstances and life chances of Unemployed people within the Tyne and Wear area. Our objectives are to provide Information, Advice and Guidance in furtherance of our aims in particular with respect to supporting claimants who are in contact with the Welfare Benefits Services.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AS A RESULT OF UNEMPLOYMENT OR OTHER SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES AMONG THE INHABITANTS OF TYNE AND WEAR AND SURROUNDING AREAS BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, INFORMATION, ADVOCACY AND TRAINING.TO PROMOTE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE SOUND ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAW PARTICULARLY BY PROVIDING ADVICE, ASSISTANCE AND REPRESENTATION ON EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL SECURITY TRIBUNALS TO INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE UNABLE TO SECURE SUCH SERVICES FROM THEIR OWN RESOURCES.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a total income of £50,070 and an operating surplus of £2,649 for the year ended 5 April 2025. Net assets increased to £12,502, with unrestricted reserves standing at £823. The trustees consider the level of reserves prudent and confirm the charity is a going concern.

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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVID ALLAN
• David Stead
• Gail Ward
• John Harrison
• KEVIN FLYNN
• Peter Holland
• ROGER NETTLESHIP

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

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

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TYNE YOUTH & COMMUNITY CENTRE.

• TYNE YOUTH & COMMUNITY CENTRE income £32k
• ME WE FOUNDATION income £537k
• COMMUNITIES AND HOUSING INVESTMENT IN PEOPLE income £261k
• Tick Finance Ltd income £106k
• THE TYNE AND WEAR SOUTH FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES income £50k
• PEOPLE AND WORK UNIT income £255k

Side by side with its peers

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