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Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 0
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

THE SHEARS FOUNDATION 

Grant making to charitable organisations working in Tyne Wear & Northumberland; Bradford; Manchester; York and Harrogate and occasionally other areas. Priorities for funding are stronger communities, educational opportunities, protecting the environment, health & medicine research and culture & the arts.
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Positives:

  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender
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Financial Data ?

This charity has not yet lodged any accounts with the Charities Commission.
Established: less than 1 year

www.shearsfoundation.org

bruce@shearsfoundation.org

07544380316

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 03/10/2023, number: 1202285
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Main office

COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
PHILANTHROPY HOUSE
WOODBINE ROAD
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
NE3 1DD

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO FURTHER SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

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