The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Durham Cathedral Schools Foundation

Registered charity 1023407 Registered since 1993

Operates: Durham

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

2.6y median 2y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

Portfolio (1)

12
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 12Religious Activities 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 18Professional services 4Health and social care 2

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£14.1m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months

198 from 153 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.dcsf.org.uk
Emailreception@dcsf.org.uk
Phone0191 7319270
AddressDURHAM SCHOOL, DURHAM, DH1 4SZ

Finances

£14,142,843 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£9,222,691£9,865,320
2022£10,402,216£10,948,904
2023£12,781,814£13,181,939
2024£14,132,717£14,387,305
2025£14,142,843£14,071,946

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Children/young People

How

Provides Services

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 04/01/1993AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26/08/1994AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 18/06/2004NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 12/10/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 18/12/2014 as amended on 23 Feb 2021

Trustees (12)

12trustees
60median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Durham Cathedral Schools Foundation · 02776914 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 04/01/1993

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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