The Northern Counties Children's Benevolent Society

Analysis

The Northern Counties Children's Benevolent Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newcastle Upon Tyne. It was registered in June 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Northern Counties Children's Benevolent Society reported income of £89k and spending of £136k, spending 153% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £88k to £89k (+1.6%), an average of +0.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 146%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Northern Counties Children's Benevolent Society sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Netherton Pre-School (Kirklees) (£89k), Cliffe Pre-School (£89k) and The Gravity Theory Trust (£89k).