North Tyneside Big Local

Charity number: 1171848
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Whitley Bay Big Local is a community-led initiative to enable all who live or work in the Big Local area to get together to improve the community and make the town an even better place to live, work and visit.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2025

Total income: £378,899
Total expenditure: £370,138

Total income includes £9,420 from 2 government grant(s)

People

11 Trustee(s)

40 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Disability
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Economic/community Development/employment
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Individuals
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Provides Services
Where the charity operates:
  • North Tyneside

Governance

Registration history:
  • 01 March 2017: CIO registration
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:
  • North Tyneside Big Local (Working name)
  • WHITLEY BAY BIG LOCAL (Previous name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management 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
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

11 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Paula Strang Trustee 14 August 2025
None on record
Lynne Marie Ross Trustee 10 April 2025
None on record
Dr Peter James Forman Trustee 09 January 2025
None on record
Shannon Browning Trustee 09 January 2025
None on record
Victoria Jane Stamp Trustee 11 July 2024
None on record
Hayley Buxton Trustee 08 June 2023
None on record
Paul Haggie Trustee 01 November 2022
None on record
Deborah Frazer Trustee 01 June 2021
None on record
Anne Hetherington Trustee 04 August 2020
None on record
Daniel Crowe Trustee 01 October 2019
None on record
Helen Frankenberg Trustee 01 May 2017
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024 31/03/2025
Total gross income £284.09k £691.91k £252.80k £399.62k £378.90k
Total expenditure £181.51k £278.35k £243.80k £516.39k £370.14k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants £30.53k £300.00k £5.85k £15.74k £9.42k
Income - Donations and legacies N/A £7.07k N/A N/A N/A
Income - Other trading activities N/A £23.54k N/A N/A N/A
Income - Charitable activities N/A £661.30k N/A N/A N/A
Income - Endowments N/A £0 N/A N/A N/A
Income - Investment N/A £0 N/A N/A N/A
Income - Other N/A £0 N/A N/A N/A
Income - Legacies N/A £0 N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Charitable activities N/A £278.35k N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Raising funds N/A £0 N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Governance N/A £70.92k N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Grants institution N/A £0 N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Investment management N/A £0 N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Other N/A £0 N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 March 2025 14 November 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2025 14 November 2025 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2024 16 August 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 16 August 2024 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 03 January 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 03 January 2024 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 29 November 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 29 November 2022 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 25 November 2021 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 25 November 2021 On time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 01 Mar 2017 as amended on 17 Feb 2019 as amended on 06 Nov 2025 as amended on 06 Nov 2025

Charitable objects

The objects of the CIO are to further or benefit the inhabitants of North Tyneside and surrounding areas, in particular, those inhabitants in need of relief from financial hardship due to social, environmental and economic circumstances by: A) associating together the said inhabitants, and the statutory authorities, voluntary and other organisations in a common effort to improve facilities and service provision in the interests of social welfare, community cohesion and improving conditions and life chances for local residents. B) developing capacity and skills of the said inhabitants in such a way that they are better able to identify, and help meet, their needs and to participate more fully in society C) protecting and preserving the environment for public benefit through the promotion of waste reduction, repair, re-use reclamation, recycling and reuse of recycled products and to relieve financial hardship through the recycling and provision of furniture, clothes and other household items.

Contact information

Address:
158 Whitley Road
Whitley Bay
NE26 2LY
Phone:
01912523570
Email:
hello@whitleybaybiglocal.org
Website:

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