GLOW : NEWCASTLE CULTURAL EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP

Registered charity 1204883 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Taking a co-creative and collaborative approach, we work to support children and young people to flourish as creative, connected, active, and engaged citizens. We work across education, creative and cultural sectors with children and young people and their wider communities.

Objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE (AGED 0 TO 25) BY PROMOTING, IMPROVING, AND DEVELOPING CREATIVE LEARNING AND ACCESS TO CREATIVE AND CULTURAL RESOURCES IN SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES, LOCAL EDUCATION AUTHORITIES AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS, SUPPORTING OR PROVIDING EDUCATION IN NEWCASTLE AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

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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Latest income
£154k
Latest spending
£100k
Registered
2023
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net operating surplus of £4,398 for the period, resulting in total net assets of £53,832. The trustees consider three months' organisational costs to be an appropriate level of reserves, against which the unrestricted funds of £28,276 are held. The charity has secured significant future funding, including a three-year award from the Newcastle Cultural Investment Fund, to support its ongoing operations.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of organisational costs (held: £28k)
“We consider 3 months’ organisational costs to be an appropriate level of reserves.” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Newcastle Upon Tyne City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
28/02/2025£154k£100k

Common questions

Is GLOW : NEWCASTLE CULTURAL EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net operating surplus of £4,398 for the period, resulting in total net assets of £53,832. The trustees consider three months' organisational costs to be an appropriate level of reserves, against which the unrestricted funds of £28,276 are held. The charity has secured significant future funding, including a three-year award from the Newcastle Cultural Investment Fund, to support its ongoing operations. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Community Foundation North East01/04/2026£15kGrant to Glow - Newcastle Cultural Education Partnership
Community Foundation North East15/08/2024£5kGrant to Glow - Newcastle Cultural Education Partnership

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE JOICEY TRUST1£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GLOW CHURCH UK.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
GLOW : NEWCASTLE CULTURAL EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP£154k—0unclear—no doubt
GLOW CHURCH UK FY2025£1.6m—0unclear—no doubt
NEWCASTLE ARTS CENTRE TRUST LTD FY2025£175k—0unclear—no doubt
THE LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE FY2024£1.5m—0unclear—no doubt
THE NEWCASTLE PREPARATORY SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£3.5m——unclear—no doubt
SHINE: SUPPORT AND HELP IN EDUCATION FY2025£2.5m—1above—no doubt

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