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The Shears Foundation

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1202285
Status
Registered
Registered
March 10, 2023
Legal form
CIO

Address

Address
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
PHILANTHROPY HOUSE
WOODBINE ROAD
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
NE3 1DD

Activities

Grant making to charitable organisations working in Tyne Wear & Northumberland; Bradford; Manchester; York and Harrogate and occasionally other areas. Priorities for funding are stronger communities, educational opportunities, protecting the environment, health & medicine research and culture & the arts.

Objects: The Object Of The CIO Is, For The Public Benefit, To Further Such Exclusively Charitable Purposes According To The Laws Of England And Wales As The Charity Trustees In Their Absolute Discretion From Time To Time Determine.

Classification

How
Makes Grants To Organisations
What
General Charitable Purposes
Who
The General Public/mankind

Areas of operation

Region
Throughout England

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure
March 31, 2025 £489,350 £930,460
March 31, 2024 £355,535 £900,417

Trustees

Name Appointed
Mark Andrew Horner (Chair) March 10, 2023
Bruce Charles Warnes March 10, 2023
George Lyall March 10, 2023
Georgina Shears March 10, 2023
Louise Margaret Warnes March 10, 2023
Nallely Vanessa Lomas Cruz March 10, 2023
Peter John Randall Shears March 10, 2023
Richard Ian Fletcher Shears March 10, 2023
Susan Ann Maxey Feb. 18, 2025