Community Foundation North East

Registered charity 700510 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SERVING TYNE & WEAR AND NORTHUMBERLAND, TYNE & WEAR FOUNDATION

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £2,614,063, with a general reserve of £1,042,001 which is slightly above the Board's calculated maximum policy target of £838,000. The charity reported total income of £11.81m and net assets of £103.60m, with the Board confirming sufficient resources to continue as a going concern.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Community Foundation North East (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Phil Moorhouse — Chair (source)
• Jill Baker — Deputy Chair (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Northern Powergrid
• Fogo Fund

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (24/09/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (18/01/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (15/12/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (07/04/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (19/01/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (19/01/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees

• Philip James Moorhousechair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Claire Malcolm · trustee of 1 other charity
• Colin Thompson Hewitt · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dawn Creighton
• Dr Laura Elizabeth Warwick
• Fiona Standfield
• Gillian Baker · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lucia Bridgeman
• Michael Keith Brodie
• Pamela Smith
• Paul Neil Farquhar · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sarah Brown

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

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

Income and spending

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