Common questions about North East Museums Development Trust's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is North East Museums Development Trust a good charity? +
North East Museums Development Trust scores 77 out of 100 (4 stars — Good) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 100% of its spending goes to charitable activities (3-yr avg) and its accounts are up to date. That reflects how transparent and financially healthy it looks on paper — it does not measure the real-world impact of its work, so treat it as one factor alongside the cause you care about. CharityCompare never tells you where to donate.
Is North East Museums Development Trust a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists North East Museums Development Trust as a registered charity (charity number 1137867). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=1137867&subId=0. Check the current entry and the identity of anyone requesting money. Registration does not verify a particular appeal; Clarity Score summarises filing transparency, not programme impact.
What is North East Museums Development Trust's charity number? +
North East Museums Development Trust's charity number is 1137867. Check that number on the official register (Charity Commission, OSCR or CCNI) or this CharityCompare profile before you donate — scammers sometimes reuse real numbers on fake appeals.
What is North East Museums Development Trust's charity rating? +
North East Museums Development Trust scores 77 out of 100 on CharityCompare (4 stars — Good). The Clarity Score (method v1.1) sums four pillars from UK regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 pts), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10). Stars use the same bands as those labels — 90+ is 5★ Exceptional. It is not an impact ranking.
Does North East Museums Development Trust have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for North East Museums Development Trust. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (none flagged on this profile). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How much of my donation reaches North East Museums Development Trust? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 100% of North East Museums Development Trust's total spending went to charitable activities (3-yr avg across disclosed years). That is the closest official figure to "how much of your donation reaches the cause" — it is an average across all spending in the filing, not a pound-by-pound breakdown of an individual gift.
What are North East Museums Development Trust's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 0% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 2% of expenditure (2023–2025, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at North East Museums Development Trust. The register does not show individual salaries; senior pay is disclosed in the trustees' annual report and accounts.
How much income does North East Museums Development Trust receive? +
North East Museums Development Trust reported £551k total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: growing.
Are North East Museums Development Trust's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2026-01-07). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is North East Museums Development Trust based? +
North East Museums Development Trust's registered contact address is in Newcastle (NE1 4JA). It tells the regulator it operates in Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, Northumberland, with a focus on heritage.
Where does North East Museums Development Trust's money come from? +
North East Museums Development Trust reported £551k total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were donations and legacies £475k (86%), trading and fundraising events £51k (9%), investments £25k (5%).
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to North East Museums Development Trust? +
The register records North East Museums Development Trust as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are North East Museums Development Trust's trustees paid? +
North East Museums Development Trust's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
What was North East Museums Development Trust previously called? +
The register lists this previous name for North East Museums Development Trust: Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums Development Trust.
When was North East Museums Development Trust registered as a charity? +
North East Museums Development Trust was entered on the register on 7 September 2010. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 07334262).
How does CharityCompare score North East Museums Development Trust? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in North East Museums Development Trust's regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 points — filing history, trustees, policies), Financial Health (30 — reserves, income trend, debt), Financial Efficiency (20 — cause spend and fundraising cost, on a graduated scale) and Community Support (10 — volunteer-to-staff ratio). An open statutory inquiry scores 0. The score measures reporting on paper, not programme impact. CharityCompare is free for donors, takes no commission on donations, and scores cannot be bought.
How often is this page updated? +
This profile was last updated on 6 September 2026 from the latest UK regulator data available to CharityCompare, and North East Museums Development Trust's most recent accounts cover 2025. Scores and figures refresh whenever we re-ingest the register, so the page reflects our latest data pull rather than a one-off review.