THE SQUIRES FOUNDATION — grant history

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Latest income

£214k

Grants listed (FY2025)

Listed grants total

£311k

Accounts grants total

£244k

listed grants do not fully reconcile with the accounts total — list may be partialextracted from its FY2025 accounts

What this funder supports

Based on the register classifications and operating areas of the grant recipients we could match to the charity register (a subset of all grantees).

Causes funded

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty (6 grantees)
Education/training (5 grantees)
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives (5 grantees)
Disability (4 grantees)
General Charitable Purposes (3 grantees)
Economic/community Development/employment (3 grantees)
Other Charitable Purposes (2 grantees)
Amateur Sport (2 grantees)
Overseas Aid/famine Relief (1 grantee)
Environment/conservation/heritage (1 grantee)

Where grantees operate

Newcastle Upon Tyne City (6 grantees)
Northumberland (4 grantees)
South Tyneside (3 grantees)
Sunderland (3 grantees)
Gateshead (3 grantees)
North Tyneside (3 grantees)
Throughout England And Wales (3 grantees)
Kenya (2 grantees)
Durham (2 grantees)
Ukraine (1 grantee)

What changed: FY2024 → FY2025

Grantees that appear, disappear or move by 50%+ between the two most recent filings we have read. A grantee “dropped” may simply have received a multi-year grant earlier.

Change	Grantee	FY2024	FY2025
new	The Lighthouse Project Community Foundation	—	£100k
new	LUO CARE	—	£10k
new	Newcastle Foodbank	—	£9k
new	SPORT NEWCASTLE	—	£1k
new	Cancer Research	—	£1k
new	MacMillan Cancer	—	£705
new	St Cuthbert’s Hospice	—	£280
up	CRY IN THE DARK	£6k	£32k
up	TST Tyne	£5k	£30k
down	ST OSWALD'S HOSPICE LIMITED	£20k	£780
not listed	Community Foundation	£67k	—
not listed	The Lighthouse Project	£50k	—
not listed	DEC Ukrainian Appeal	£10k	—

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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Recipient	Year	Amount	Purpose
The Lighthouse Project Community Foundation	FY2025	£100k
Transform Trade	FY2025	£48k
Church and Community Partnership (Tynedale)	FY2025	£34k
Cry In The Dark	FY2025	£32k
TST Tyne	FY2025	£30k
Charlotte Straker	FY2025	£10k
Luo Care	FY2025	£10k
Newcastle West End Food Bank	FY2025	£10k
Newcastle Foodbank	FY2025	£9k
Walker and District Food Bank	FY2025	£5k
The Bay Food Bank	FY2025	£5k
West Northumberland Foodbank	FY2025	£5k
The People’s Kitchen	FY2025	£5k
Feeding Families	FY2025	£3k
Countryside Trust	FY2025	£1k
Sport Newcastle	FY2025	£1k
Cancer Research	FY2025	£1k
St Oswald’s Hospice	FY2025	£780
MacMillan Cancer	FY2025	£705
St Cuthbert’s Hospice	FY2025	£280
Community Foundation	FY2024	£67k
The Lighthouse Project	FY2024	£50k
Transform Trade	FY2024	£48k
Church and Community Partnership (Tynedale)	FY2024	£36k
St Oswald’s Hospice	FY2024	£20k
Charlotte Straker	FY2024	£10k
DEC Ukrainian Appeal	FY2024	£10k
Newcastle West End Food Bank	FY2024	£10k
Traidcraft Exchange	FY2024	£8k
Cry In The Dark	FY2024	£6k
Walker and District Food Bank	FY2024	£5k
The Bay Food Bank	FY2024	£5k
West Northumberland Foodbank	FY2024	£5k
The People’s Kitchen	FY2024	£5k
TST Tyne	FY2024	£5k
Feeding Families	FY2024	£3k
Countryside Trust	FY2024	£1k
The Lighthouse Project	FY2023	£50k	Note 12 clarifies this is 'The Lighthouse Project (St Michael’s Centre Partnership Byker)', but Note 7 lists it as 'The Lighthouse Project'. Rule 2 says copy names exactly as written in the grant list. Note 7 lists 'The Lighthouse Project'. However, Note 12 provides the full legal name context. Usually, the grantee name in the note is the primary source. Let's look at Note 7 again. It lists 'The Lighthouse Project'. Note 12 says 'The Lighthouse Project (St Michael’s Centre Partnership Byker)'. I will use the name from Note 7 as it is the primary list of grants, but often the full name is preferred if available. However, Rule 2 says 'Copy grantee names exactly as written'. In Note 7, it is written as 'The Lighthouse Project'. In Note 12, it is written as 'The Lighthouse Project (St Michael’s Centre Partnership Byker)'. I will stick to the Note 7 list for the primary extraction, but Note 12 is a related party transaction note. Let's look at other entries. 'Community Foundation' is listed. 'DEC Ukrainian Appeal'. 'Traidcraft Exchange'. 'Newcastle West End Food Bank'. 'Cry In The Dark'. 'The Bay Food Bank'. 'West Northumberland Foodbank'. 'Walker and District Food Bank'. 'Ian Forster - Ukrainian donation'. 'Prince’s Trust'. 'Newcastle Homeless Commission'. 'Newcastle East End Mission'. 'Church and Community Partnership (Tynedale)'. Note 12 mentions 'The Church and Community Partnership (Tynedale)' and 'The Lighthouse Project (St Michael’s Centre Partnership Byker)'. I will extract the names exactly as they appear in Note 7, which is the 'Grants Payable' note. }, {
Community Foundation	FY2023	£37k	Note 12 does not specify a charity number for Community Foundation. It is likely the National Community Foundations or a local one. No number is printed next to it in Note 7.
Church and Community Partnership (Tynedale)	FY2023	£14k	Note 12 states this is a charity which John Squires is also a trustee of. No charity number is printed next to it in Note 7.
DEC Ukrainian Appeal	FY2023	£10k	Note 12 does not specify a charity number.
Traidcraft Exchange	FY2023	£8k	Note 12 does not specify a charity number.
Cry In The Dark	FY2023	£5k	Note 12 does not specify a charity number.
Newcastle West End Food Bank	FY2023	£4k	Note 12 does not specify a charity number.
West Northumberland Foodbank	FY2023	£2k	Note 12 does not specify a charity number.
The Bay Food Bank	FY2023	£2k	Note 12 does not specify a charity number.
Walker and District Food Bank	FY2023	£2k	Note 12 does not specify a charity number.
Ian Forster - Ukrainian donation	FY2023	£750	This appears to be an individual donation, not an institution/organisation. The prompt asks for 'institutions/organisations'. However, it is listed under 'Grants Payable'. Often individual grants are excluded if the rule specifies 'institutions/organisations'. But 'Ian Forster' is a person. Let's check the other entries. 'Prince’s Trust' is an org. 'Newcastle Homeless Commission' is likely an org. 'Newcastle East End Mission' is an org. 'Church and Community Partnership (Tynedale)' is an org. 'Ian Forster' is a person. I should probably exclude individuals if the rule strictly says 'institutions/organisations'. However, sometimes 'grants to individuals' are included in the list. The prompt says 'Extract the list of grants MADE BY this charity to institutions/organisations'. Ian Forster is an individual. I will exclude Ian Forster.
Newcastle East End Mission	FY2023	£0	Amount is '–' in 2023.
Prince’s Trust	FY2023	£0	Amount is '–' in 2023. In 2022 it was 25,000. The table shows 2023 column. The value is '–'. This means 0 or nil. I should not list grants with 0 amount if they weren't paid. The table header is '2023 £'. The value is '–'. So no grant was paid in 2023.
Newcastle Homeless Commission	FY2023	£0	Amount is '–' in 2023.
Prince's Trust	FY2022	£25k
Foundation	FY2022	£20k
Traidcratt Exchange	FY2022	£15k
Newcastle Homeless Commission	FY2022	£10k
Newcastle East End Mission	FY2022	£10k
Live Theatre	FY2022	£10k
Community	FY2022	£0

About this data

This grant list is extracted by automated reading of the grant-maker’s own accounts PDFs as filed with the Charity Commission, and cross-checked against the accounts’ stated grant totals (listed sum 310746 vs reference 244248 (27.2% diff; ref=stated)). Recipients are linked to register entries only on an exact charity-number or unambiguous exact-name match. If you represent this funder and want a correction, contact us.