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JOHN WIGHAM RICHARDSON CHARITY

Registered charity 507385 · organisation 507385

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status
Registered
Reporting status
Submission Received
Charity type
Other
Registered
8 May 1978
Removed
Not supplied
Financial period
1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
Latest income
£758
Latest expenditure
£0
Gift Aid
No
Owns or uses land
No
In administration
No
Insolvent
No
CIO
No

Public contact address: Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums, Discovery Museum, Blandford Square, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE1 4JA

02 Activities

What the charity does

John Wigham Richardson gave Newcastle City Council a lump sum to enable it to purchase pictures for the benefit of Newcastle upon Tyne. The City Council owns the Laing Art Gallery, which is operated on its behalf by Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums. The Laing Art Gallery utilises the funds within the John Wigham Richardson Charity to enable it to purchase pictures.

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2025
Ar Cycle Reference
AR25
Reporting Due Date
31 January 2026
Date Annual Return Received
9 January 2026
Total Gross Income
£758
Total Gross Expenditure
£0
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2024
Ar Cycle Reference
AR24
Reporting Due Date
31 January 2025
Date Annual Return Received
3 January 2025
Total Gross Income
£1,193
Total Gross Expenditure
£0
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2023
Ar Cycle Reference
AR23
Reporting Due Date
31 January 2024
Date Annual Return Received
4 January 2024
Total Gross Income
£660
Total Gross Expenditure
£0
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2022
Ar Cycle Reference
AR22
Reporting Due Date
31 January 2023
Date Annual Return Received
9 January 2023
Total Gross Income
£0
Total Gross Expenditure
£0
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2021
Ar Cycle Reference
AR21
Reporting Due Date
31 January 2022
Date Annual Return Received
22 December 2021
Total Gross Income
£0
Total Gross Expenditure
£0

04 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type
Local Authority
Geographic Area Description
Newcastle Upon Tyne City
Parent Geographic Area Type
Metropolitan Counties
Parent Geographic Area Description
Tyne And Wear
Welsh Ind
No

05 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code
204
Classification Type
Who
Classification Description
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
Classification Code
207
Classification Type
Who
Classification Description
The General Public/mankind
Classification Code
109
Classification Type
What
Classification Description
Arts/culture/heritage/science
Classification Code
206
Classification Type
Who
Classification Description
Other Defined Groups
Classification Code
203
Classification Type
Who
Classification Description
People With Disabilities
Classification Code
309
Classification Type
How
Classification Description
Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
Classification Code
202
Classification Type
Who
Classification Description
Elderly/old People
Classification Code
205
Classification Type
Who
Classification Description
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Classification Code
201
Classification Type
Who
Classification Description
Children/young People

06 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name
JOHN WIGHAM RICHARDSON CHARITY
Charity Event Order
1
Event Type
Standard registration
Date Of Event
1978-05-08T00:00:00

07 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description
DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 13 MARCH 1978
Charitable Objects
TO PURCHASE PICTURES AND OBJECTS OF ART TO BE EXHIBITED IN PUBLIC ART GALLERIES. TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE SUCH BUILDINGS AND OTHER PREMISES AS ARE NOW OR MAY HEREAFTER BE USED AS PUBLIC ART GALLERIES BY THE TRUSTEES. TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN ANY PICTURES OR OBJECTS OF ART PURCHASED BY THE TRUST. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE DECLARATION OF TRUST).
Area Of Benefit
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE