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the literary and philosophical society of newcastle-upon-tyne

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Activities & Mission

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.

Fundraising

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Financial Information

Latest Income
£1,496,451
Latest Expenditure
£553,513

Financial Efficiency

Program Ratio 35.7%
% of income going directly to charitable activities
Overall Efficiency 96.6%
% of expenditure going to programs (vs overhead)
Administrative Ratio 4.2%
Overhead (fundraising + governance) as % of total expenditure

Latest Financial Breakdown

Income Sources

Donations & Legacies £1,109,581
Charitable Activities £311,927
Other Trading £19,887
Investments £23,943
Other Income £31,113

Expenditure Categories

Charitable Expenditure £534,551
Raising Funds £18,962
Governance £4,526
Grants to Institutions £0
Other Expenditure £0

Financial Trend

Annual Returns

Financial YearIncomeExpenditureCharitable SpendingNet AssetsReservesStaff
2024£1,496,451£553,513£534,551£2,127,685£17,27415 / 100
2023£479,311£526,5560 / 85
2022£390,198£456,2760 / 70
2021£401,572£438,9740 / 75
2020£426,751£413,3800 / 60

Staff column shows: Employees / Volunteers

Details

Address
LITERARY & PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY
23 WESTGATE ROAD
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
NE1 1SE
Registration Date
21 September 2007
Status
Registered

Registry Information

Organisation Number
4034478
Charity Number
1120948

Trustees

Robert Andrew Harvey
PAUL GAILIUNAS
Mary Josephine Durkin
Patricia Ann Lowery
Eugene Michael Gerard Milne
Neil Roger Bennett
Gabriele Andrea Elisabeth Recknagel
Gianluca Foschi
Robin Campbell
Philip Colin French
Tiffany McKirdy
Harry Small
Sean Kelly