The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

Friends of Dcsf

Registered charity 1081299 Registered since 2000

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 trustees on the board

3y median 3y
average tenure
3y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
11y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (1)

Portfolio (1)

2
company-linked trustees

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

Other Charitable Purposes 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 3Arts and leisure 2Finance 1

Gaps to watch

  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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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£21k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

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

Phone01917319270
AddressDURHAM SCHOOL, DURHAM, DH1 4SZ

Finances

£21,011 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£195£1,155
2022£34,327£26,439
2023£20,564£14,493
2024£21,184£16,602
2025£21,011£11,912

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/training

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUPILS OF DURHAM SCHOOL AND TO PROMOTE THE CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF, OR ASSOCIATED WITH, THE SCHOOL.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 19 DECEMBER 1938 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 10 JULY 1983 AND 15 NOVEMBER 1991. CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 7 FEBRUARY 1992. as amended on 27 Jan 2023

Trustees (2)

2trustees
44median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Friends of Dcsf LTD · 00347512 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 19/12/1938

3 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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