NETHERTON PARK TRUST

Registered charity 229667 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NETHERTON TRAINING SCHOOL, MORPETH (EX NORTH EASTERN REFORMATORY SCHOOL)

Provision of supplementary items, services and facilities for the Netherton Park community home and the support of groups working with young people at risk, supplementing facilities for the physical and mental development of young persons and the promotion or provision of opportunities for young persons through education, training, job creation and reintegration into the community.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS THE PROVISION OF HOMES FOR DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT; AND THE PROVISION OF SUPPLEMENTARY ITEMS, SERVICES AND FACILITIES FOR THE HOME.

Area of benefit: NORTHUMBERLAND, COUNTY DURHAM AND TYNE & WEAR

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

Causes: Education/training · Accommodation/housing · Get email alerts

Merged into NETHERTON PARK TRUST (charity 1206249) — merger registered 07/04/2026.
Source: Charity Commission register of merged charities (OGL v3.0).
Latest income
£100k
Latest spending
£137k
Registered
1965

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2025

  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2024

  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2023

  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2024)

Total income
£1.1m
Total spending
£111k
Cost of raising funds
£21k
Reserves (reported)
£3.0m
Employees
0

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (81% 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: 2.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

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

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£100k£137k
05/04/2024£955k£111k
05/04/2023£71k£201k
05/04/2022£2.0m£110k
05/04/2021£27k£34k