BIRKHEADS WILD CIO

Registered charity 1203602 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BIRKHEADS WILD CIC

Birkheads Wild supports young people in Gateshead and the wider North East area to build a better future for themselves - using the outdoors. By using the outdoors we help young people to grow in skills and confidence, to think for themselves and become more fulfilled. Our work helps young people to understand themselves better, to feel a sense of belonging, to grow in skills and confidence.

Objects

TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE WITH A FOCUS ON YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY AND/OR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED IN NORTH EAST ENGLAND THROUGH:(A) PROVIDING ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION PROVISION WHERE APPROPRIATE;(A) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;(B) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.2. FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF YOUTH AGE, ILL HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE IN NORTH EAST ENGLAND IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES DETERMINE.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £49,858 for the year ended 31 October 2025, with total unrestricted reserves of £27,201. The trustees have designated £62,000 of funds, resulting in free unrestricted reserves that are below the stated policy target of six months of expenditure. The trustees consider the charity to be a going concern, noting that significant funding has been secured for the current year.

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 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
• 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
• 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
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Birkheads Wild (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Eleanor Caroline Turnerchair
• Alison Collins
• Gemma Messenger
• Joanne O'Leary
• Kenzie Daniel James Elliott
• Phillip Douglas

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

Operates in: Durham · Gateshead · Newcastle Upon Tyne City · North Tyneside · Northumberland · 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 WILD YOUNG PARENTS PROJECT.

• WILD YOUNG PARENTS PROJECT income £752k
• BIRKENHEAD YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION income £2.3m
• WILD THINGS CHARITY income £194k
• BIRKENHEAD SCHOOL FOUNDATION TRUST income £367k
• GATESHEAD DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £301k
• NORTH EAST YOUNG DADS AND LADS PROJECT CIO income £561k

Side by side with its peers

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