DURHAM/NORTHUMBERLAND WING ATC WELFARE COMMITTEE

Registered charity 1175149 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Trustees are responsible for the administration of non-public funds to provide benefit for all cadets in the Wing. Activities supported include Corps Sports (athletics, soccer, swimming, cross-country, rugby, netball and hockey), Leadership Courses, Nijmegen Marches, BTEC, Corps Music, Adventurous Training, Duke of Edinburgh Award, Competition Shooting (including Bisley) and Cadet Camps.

Objects

"THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF YOUNG PERSONS IN THE PRINCIPLES OF GOOD CITIZENSHIP AND SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY, SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES AND ASSIST THEM TO GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY (ALL OF WHICH YOUNG PERSONS ARE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS "THE CADETS"). 2. IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE CADETS, BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION. 3. OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN CONNECTION WITH THE AIR TRAINING CORPS IN DURHAM & NORTHUMBERLAND.”

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

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Registered contact address: Newcastle upon Tyne, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total assets were £203,449.45, comprising £50,000 in investments and £153,449.45 in bank balances and cash, with no material liabilities reported. The gross income for the financial year was less than £100,000, and the wing maintained a positive cash balance of £153,449.45 at the end of the period.

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

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• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• 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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2025 (received 03/02/2026, 3 days after the 31/01/2026 due date); year ending 31/03/2024 (received 10/02/2025, 10 days after the 31/01/2025 due date); year ending 31/03/2023 (received 05/02/2024, 5 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Funders the charity credits

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

• Royal Air Force — “We’re sponsored by the Royal Air Force and can give you hands-on experience of activities and courses that will challenge and develop your s…” (source page)

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Tracey Karen Rowellchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Iain Shearer
• John Atkinson
• Victoria Miller

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

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

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NORTH REGION ATC SPORTS AND WELFARE FUND.

• NORTH REGION ATC SPORTS AND WELFARE FUND income £69k
• DURHAM AREA YOUTH income £257k
• THE WELFARE AND SPORTS FUND OF THE CENTRAL AND EAST REGION OF THE AIR TRAINING CORPS income £27k
• DURHAM DEAFENED SUPPORT income £158k
• ST ANDREW'S CLUB income £618k
• DURHAM ASSOCIATION OF BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS income £80k

Side by side with its peers

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