# GATESHEAD FOOTBALL CLUB COMMUNITY FOUNDATION CIO

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1175544
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Nov. 3, 2017
- **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=1175544


## Contact

- **Address:** Bensham Grove Community Centre, Sidney Grove, GATESHEAD, Tyne And Wear
- **Postcode:** NE8 2XD
- **Phone:** 07584674905
- **Email:** info@gfc-foundation.org.uk
- **Website:** http://www.gfc-foundation.org.uk/



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR, THE INHABITANTS OF GATESGEAD AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS OF THE NORTH EAST OF ENGLAND TO:(1) TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION BY PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR THE PLAYING OF ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL AND OTHER SPORTS CAPABLE OF IMPROVING HEALTH (FACILITIES IN THIS CLAUSE MEANS LAND, BUILDINGS, EQUIPMENT AND ORGANISING SPORTING ACTIVITIES); AND(2) TO PROVIDE AND ASSIST IN PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR SPORT, RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF SUCH PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED FOR SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

**Activities:** promote community participation in healthy recreation by providing facilities for the playing of football and other sports capable of improving health and provide and assist in providing facilities for sport, recreation or other leisure time occupation and in advancing people's education.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** Recreation
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

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



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov. 1, 2025 | £237008 | £230244 | — | — |
| Nov. 1, 2024 | £195031 | £151799 | — | — |
| Nov. 1, 2023 | £102736 | £103933 | — | — |
| Nov. 1, 2022 | £62559 | £66950 | — | — |
| Nov. 1, 2021 | £29537 | £25229 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Emily Fawcus — appointed Aug. 28, 2019
- Ian Wilson — appointed Aug. 28, 2019
- Michael Coulson — appointed May 11, 2025
- Peter Clennell — appointed May 12, 2021
- Steven Thornton — appointed Aug. 28, 2019