# THE LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1120948
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Sept. 21, 2007
- **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=1120948


## Contact

- **Address:** LITERARY & PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, 23 WESTGATE ROAD, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
- **Postcode:** NE1 1SE
- **Phone:** 01912320192
- **Email:** library@litandphil.org.uk
- **Website:** www.litandphil.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE INHABITANTS OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE AND THE SURROUNDING REGION BY PROMOTING THE STUDY OF LANGUAGE, LITERATURE, PHILOSOPHY, SCIENCE, HISTORY, MUSIC AND THE FINE ARTS BY THE FOLLOWING MEANS:1) BY PROVING AND MAINTAINING A LIBRARY FOR THE USE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS;2) BY PROVIDING UNIVERSITY EXTENSION AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL LECTURES AND CLASSES FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS;3) BY RAISING FUNDS BY CHARGING SUBSCRIPTIONS AND MAKING OTHER CHARGES, SUCH FUNDS TO BE APPLIED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE CHARITY;4) BY SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE CHARITY MAY THINK FIT.

**Activities:** Promoting education in the North East of England, with particular reference to language, literature, philosophy, science, history, music and the fine arts by maintaining a library, providing educational lectures and events; raising funds by charging subscriptions and making other charges for the exclusive purposes of the charity and by such other charitable means as the charity may think fit.

**Area of benefit:** NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE AND THE SURROUNDING REGION




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

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



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £1496451 | £553513 | £2127685 | 15 |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £479311 | £526556 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £390198 | £456276 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £401572 | £438974 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £426751 | £413380 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Mary Josephine Durkin** (Chair) — appointed Oct. 14, 2020
- Eugene Michael Gerard Milne — appointed June 11, 2024
- Gabriele Andrea Elisabeth Recknagel — appointed June 11, 2024
- Gianluca Foschi — appointed June 11, 2024
- Harry Small FRSA — appointed July 22, 2025
- Neil Roger Bennett — appointed June 11, 2024
- PAUL GAILIUNAS — appointed March 20, 2020
- Patricia Ann Lowery — appointed Oct. 14, 2020
- Philip Colin French — appointed June 3, 2025
- Robert Andrew Harvey — appointed May 23, 2019
- Robin Campbell — appointed June 3, 2025
- Tiffany McKirdy — appointed June 3, 2025
- Timothy David Morgan — appointed Jan. 15, 2026