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Finance Score: -6
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 5
  • Excess reserves: -5
  • Spending declining: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 1 ?

THE TOWN MOOR CHARITY

The effective maintenance of Newcastle Town Moor, overseeing investments and income generated to fund improvements to the Town Moor.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £3,540,890 available, equivalent to 93 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
  • Spending is declining
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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
29/09/23£805£455£350£0£5,117£3,54193.440
29/09/22£696£539£156£0£4,859£3,2807350
29/09/21£645£523£122£0£4,869£3,2267450
29/09/20£548£402£146£0£4,261£2,89686.450
29/09/19£849£741£109£0£4,038£2,72344.150
29/09/18£762£611£151£0£3,768£2,52849.650
29/09/17£634£483£150£0£3,445£2,22655.340
29/09/16£672£510£161£0£3,178£2,00647.230
29/09/15£714£639£75£39£2,781£1,72432.430
29/09/14£659£561£98£34£2,686£1,64135.130
29/09/13£597£642£-44£36£2,501£1,4982830
29/09/12£718£787£-68£35£2,396£1,44622.130
29/09/11£693£547£145£33£2,314£1,44031.630
29/09/10£511£338£172£33£2,264£1,3534830
29/09/09£510£521£-11£38£1,987£1,12625.940
29/09/08£588£633£-45£18£2,042£1,16322.130
29/09/07£640£726£-86£24£2,432£1,39623.130
29/09/06£414£285£129n/an/an/an/an/an/a
29/09/05£403£329£75n/an/an/an/an/an/a
29/09/04£334£270£64n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 24%
Liabilities/Income: 205%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 69%
Reserves/Spending: 93.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 26 months
Quick Ratio: 1.4
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 59 years

www.freemenofnewcastle.org

admin@freemenofnewcastle.org

01912615970

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • Provides financial or material assistance
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
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
Esmee Fairbairn - TASK to The Town Moor Charity
£20,000 01/12/2023
TASK fund donation towards the provision of art and culture on the Town Moor for the benefit of the people of Newcastle

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ALAN ROBERT BAINBRIDGE Appointed: 2000
  • BARBARA NESBITT Appointed: 2021
  • CHRISTOPHER GEORGE ATKINSON Appointed: 2007
  • DAVID WAUGH Appointed: 2020
  • HENRY DAVID WILSON (Chair) Appointed: 1989
  • HENRY ALDER Appointed: 2023
  • JAMES JOHNSON Appointed: 2004
  • NICHOLAS BARON ATKINSON Appointed: 2013
  • PAUL ANDERSON Appointed: 1985
  • PHILIP POWELL Appointed: 2018
  • PAULINE SUMMERHILL Appointed: 2022
  • TIMOTHY ROBERT MARKHAM COOPER Appointed: 2024
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 19/05/1966, number: 227620
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Risk management
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from TOWN MOOR MONEY CHARITY on 14/06/2021
Main office

Moor Bank Lodge
Claremont Road
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE2 4NL

Objectives

RIGHTS OF RESIDENT FREEMEN AND RESIDENT WIDOWS OF DECEASED FREEMEN TO HERBAGE OVER THE TOWN MOOR I.E. GRAZING RIGHTS FOR TWO MILCH COWS. THE NUMBER OF COWS TO BE PASTURED IS LIMITED TO 800, REPRESENTED BY AN EQUIVALENT NUMBER OF STINT TICKETS DISTRIBUTED TO THOSE SUCCESSFUL FREEMEN AND WIDOWS OF FREEMEN WHO APPLY. SECTION 11 OF THE 1870 ACT SETS OUT THE PROCEDURE AND IN TERMS SPECIFICALLY ACKNOWLEDGES AND PERMITS THE RECIPIENTS TO SELL THEIR STINT TICKETS FOR THE BEST PRICES OBTAINABLE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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