GEORGE HUDSON'S CHARITY

Registered charity 527204 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To make grants to orphaned children and young people.

Objects

THE EDUCATION, MAINTENANCE, SUPPORT AND CLOTHING OF ORPHAN BOYS AND GIRLS,WITH A FIRST PREFERENCE,OTHER THINGS BEING EQUAL,FOR SUCH OF THEM AS ARE CHILDREN OF SAILORS OR PILOTS BELONGING TO THE PORT OF SUNDERLAND, AND A SECOND PREFERENCE, OTHER THINGS BEING EQUAL, FOR SUCH OF THEM AS WERE BORN, AND ARE RESIDENT, IN THE ANCIENT TOWNSHIP OF MONKWEARMOUTH:PROVIDED THAT THE EXPRESSION "ORPHAN " SHALL MEAN A BOY OR GIRL WHOSE FATHER IS DEAD OR INCAPACITATED.

Area of benefit: SUNDERLAND AND THE ANCIENT TOWNSHIP OF MONKWEARMOUTH

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Sunderland, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds free reserves of £2,984, which the trustees consider sufficient to maintain regular payments to beneficiaries in the event of a significant reduction in income. Total funds decreased from £659,950 to £647,185 due to net losses on investments, although the charity remains solvent with no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue operating.

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

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
• Investment
• 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

• DIANE MCKENZIE
• GAVIN SPENCER
• GEORGE EDWARD BROWN JP MA
• GILLIAN WALKER · trustee of 2 other charities
• MICHAEL DIXON · trustee of 3 other charities
• PETER ROBIN WOOD
• Peter Wilson Taylor · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Sunderland

Income and spending

Common questions

Shared trustees with funders

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• PETER WILSON TAYLOR — trustee here and at SIR JOHN PRIESTMAN CHARITY TRUST

Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HUGGARD.

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Side by side with its peers

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