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Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 6
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

OUSEBURN TRUST

The Ouseburn Trust aims to deliver succesful regeneration of the Ouseburn Valley through four objectives: Achieving continuity through heritage interpretation and other activities; Increasing assets, encouraging enterprise and improving income generation for the Trust and others, Increasing community participation through volunteering and other actions; A continuous internal improvement programme.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit £k		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/24£328£354£-26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/23£294£306£-12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£317£231£86n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£242£248£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20?£248£212£36n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£254£212£42n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£178£160£19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16*£200£198£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£247£235£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£169£210£-41n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£219£199£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£171£170£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£313£261£52n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10?£287£278£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/09£141£171£-30n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/08£317£106£211n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/07£112£104£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/06£94£98£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/05*£89£69£19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/04*£73£74£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 22%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Established: 24 years
(28 years as a company)

www.ouseburntrust.org.uk

admin@ouseburntrust.org.uk

01912616596

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Provides financial or material assistance
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • Newcastle Upon Tyne City,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Grant to Ouseburn Trust
£10,000 07/04/2022
Running costs to produce a show designed by local creatives using light, sound, animation and film
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Ouseburn Trust
£2,000 09/09/2021
Purchasing a new sound system for the Victoria Tunnel, a 19th century tunnel under Newcastle
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Ouseburn Trust
£1,400 20/05/2021
Artist and participants costs for bandstand activities for the Ouseburn Festival, July 2021
DCMS - CRF21:Ouseburn Trust
£21,500 08/03/2021
Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage 2020-21
DCMS - ALB-Historic England-Ouseburn Valley (Covid-19 Emergency Response)
£18,245 01/04/2020
The Ouseburn Trust engages more than 16,000 visitors annually in the Ouseburn Valley through visits to the Victoria Tunnel and historic sites above ground, through summer walks and winter talks, 364 days every year. We generate half our income from ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 29-75
  • ALEX SLACK Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Chartered Surveyor
  • ANNE MARIE GRAHAM (Chair) Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Chief Executive
  • CHARLES CHRISTOPHER DANCER Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Business Owner
  • DALE BOLLAND Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired
  • DALE KNIGHT Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Chief Technical Officer
  • KATE PARKINS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Marketing Director
  • STUART MICHAEL DEXTER Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Charity Manager
  • SUSAN BRIGHT Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Accounts Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 20/07/2000, number: 1081657
  • Registered at Companies House on 18/01/1996, number: 03147853
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR16: 240 days late, AR05: 116 days late, AR04: 86 days late,
Main office

51 Lime Street
Ouseburn Valley
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
NE1 2PQ

Objectives

(A) THE PROMOTION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF URBAN OR RURAL REGENERATION IN AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION (AND IN PARTICULAR LOWER OUSEBURN VALLEY, BOUNDED BY THE RIVER TYNE TO THE SOUTH, WARWICK STREET TO THE NORTH, NEWINGTON ROAD, ELIZABETH STREET, METRO LINE AND DISUSED RAILWAY LINE TO THE EAST AND CRAWHALL ROAD AND STODDART STREET TO THE WEST) BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:(I) THE PRESERVATION OF BUILDING OR SITES OF HISTORIC OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE(II) THE CREATION OF TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES BY THE PROVISION OF WORKSPACE, BUILDINGS, AND/OR LAND FOR USE ON FAVOURABLE TERMS(III) THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT OR PROVISION OF PUBLIC AMENITIES(IV) THE PROTECTION OR CONSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT(V) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING OR RETRAINING, PARTICULARLY AMONG UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE, AND PROVIDING UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE WITH WORK EXPERIENCE(VI) THE PROVISION OF HOUSING FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF HOUSING IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR OR IN CHARITABLE OWNERSHIP PROVIDED THAT SUCH POWER SHALL NOT EXTEND TO RELIEVING ANY LOCAL AUTHORITIES OR OTHER BODIES OF A STATUTORY DUTY TO PROVIDE OR IMPROVE HOUSING(VII) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE OR THOSE WHO BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES(VIII) THE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND PREVENTION OF CRIME (IX) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY(X) THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT(B) FOR SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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