North Tyneside Big Local
Registered charity 1171848 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WHITLEY BAY BIG LOCAL
Whitley Bay Big Local is a community-led initiative to enable all who live or work in the Big Local area to get together to improve the community and make the town an even better place to live, work and visit.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity realized a small surplus of £7,992 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £378,131 and expenditure of £370,138. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves stood at £125,334, which the trustees consider sufficient to maintain stability following the end of their primary Big Local funding programme.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three to six months of total expenditure (held: £125k)
“The policy recommends that trustees maintain unrestricted reserves of between 3 - 6 months total expenditure, measured against the agreed forecast for the following financial year.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2022)
Reported reserves equal ~1.9 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% 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 (2.9%) (benchmarks).
- Anne Hetherington
- Daniel Crowe
- Deborah Frazer
- Dr Peter James Forman
- Hayley Buxton
- Helen Frankenberg
- Lynne Marie Ross
- Paul Haggie
- Paula Strang
- Shannon Browning
- Victoria Jane Stamp
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: North Tyneside
Income and spending
Common questions
Is North Tyneside Big Local financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity realized a small surplus of £7,992 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £378,131 and expenditure of £370,138. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves stood at £125,334, which the trustees consider sufficient to maintain stability following the end of their primary Big Local funding programme. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds North Tyneside Big Local?
Funders whose own accounts filings name North Tyneside Big Local as a grant recipient include LOCAL TRUST, THE NORTHERN POWERGRID FOUNDATION, THE BARBOUR FOUNDATION, ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS.
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