# THE SHEARS FOUNDATION

## Details

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


## Contact

- **Address:** COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, PHILANTHROPY HOUSE, WOODBINE ROAD, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
- **Postcode:** NE3 1DD
- **Phone:** 07544380316
- **Email:** bruce@shearsfoundation.org
- **Website:** www.shearsfoundation.org



## Activities

**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.

**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.




## Classification

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



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £489350 | £930460 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £355535 | £900417 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Mark Andrew Horner** (Chair) — appointed March 10, 2023
- BRUCE CHARLES WARNES — appointed March 10, 2023
- George Lyall — appointed March 10, 2023
- Georgina Shears — appointed March 10, 2023
- Louise Margaret Warnes — appointed March 10, 2023
- Nallely Vanessa Lomas Cruz — appointed March 10, 2023
- Peter John Randall Shears — appointed March 10, 2023
- Richard Ian Fletcher Shears — appointed March 10, 2023
- Susan Ann Maxey — appointed Feb. 18, 2025