THE NORTHERN COUNTIES CHILDREN'S BENEVOLENT SOCIETY

Registered charity 219696 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE NORTHERN COUNTIES ORPHAN'S BENEVOLENT SOCIETY

Making of grants for payment of school fees and equipment those in the north of England

Objects

THE BENEFIT OF CHILDREN WHO ARE IN NEED THROUGH SICKNESS, DISABILITY OR OTHER CAUSES AND WHO ARE RESIDENT IN THE COUNTIES OF CHESHIRE, CLEVELAND, CUMBRIA, DURHAM, GREATER MANCHESTER, HUMBERSIDE, MERSEYSIDE,NORTH YORKSHIRE, SOUTH YORKSHIRE, WEST YORKSHIRE, LANCASHIRE OR TYNE AND WEAR WITH A PREFERENCE FOR CHILDREN WHO ARE ORPHANS AND IN SPECIAL CASES THE BENEFIT OF SUCH CHILDREN AS AFORESAID WHO ARE RESIDENT ELSEWHERE IN ENGLAND OR WALES.

Area of benefit: SEE OBJECTS

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 charity reported a net expenditure before investment gains of £47,346, which was offset by significant unrealised investment gains of £2,169,000, resulting in a net increase in total funds. Total unrestricted reserves stood at £249,183, while the permanent endowment was £1,875,407. The independent examiner confirmed that the accounts give a true and fair view and no matters were identified that would cause concern regarding the financial statements.

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 2 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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding 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

• Adam Richard George Waugh
• Andrew Gawn
• Dr FRANCES ELIZABETH JONES · trustee of 1 other charity
• Eliza Browne-Swinburn
• JAMES COCKBURN · trustee of 1 other charity
• REVEREND DAVID RONALD JAMES HOLLOWAY · trustee of 2 other charities
• Ruth Foster

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

Operates in: Cumbria · Darlington · Durham · Gateshead · Newcastle Upon Tyne City · North Tyneside · North Yorkshire · 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 NORTH CHURCH UK.

• NORTH CHURCH UK income £2.6m
• THE NATIONAL BENEVOLENT CHARITY income £430k
• NORTH LONDON WELFARE AND EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION income £6.6m
• THE CHILDRENS ART SCHOOL income £238k
• NORTH LONDON CHARITIES LTD income £250k
• CONSTANTINE PRE-SCHOOL income £153k

Side by side with its peers

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