# THE SIR JAMES KNOTT TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1001363
- **Other names:** SIR JAMES KNOTT TRUST
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Dec. 21, 1990
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1001363


## Contact

- **Address:** Connected Voice Office, One Strawberry Lane, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear
- **Postcode:** NE1 4BX
- **Phone:** 0191 486 2825
- **Email:** info@knott-trust.co.uk
- **Website:** www.knott-trust.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** FOR SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS OR CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN SUCH SHARES AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT.

**Activities:** The primary objective of the Sir James Knott Trust is to help improve the conditions of people living and working in the North East of England

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED: IN PRACTICE NORTHUMBERLAND, DURHAM & TYNE AND WEAR.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies



## Areas of operation

- Durham
- Gateshead
- Hartlepool
- Newcastle Upon Tyne City
- North Tyneside
- Northumberland
- South Tyneside
- Sunderland



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £3758812 | £3714913 | £73413042 | 2 |
| March 31, 2024 | £3123082 | £3350827 | £72454465 | 2 |
| March 31, 2023 | £2720962 | £2439681 | £67851009 | 2 |
| March 31, 2022 | £2944308 | £2852085 | £68968648 | 2 |
| March 31, 2021 | £1958235 | £2159111 | £63066310 | 2 |



## Trustees

- George Christian Festing — appointed Jan. 23, 2026
- JOHN CRESSWELL — appointed Nov. 1, 2010
- Rev FIONA JEAN SAMPLE — appointed Jan. 1, 2018
- Sir Walter John Buchanan Riddell — appointed Jan. 1, 2019