The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

ST John's College, Durham

Registered charity 1141701 Registered since 2011

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

5.3y median 4y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure
9.7y
average years in governance
17
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 17Religious Activities 3General Charitable Purposes 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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 19Other services 5Health and social care 3

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£8.2m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
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.

0.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 51.9 in 2021

87 from 63 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

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Contact

Websitehttps://www.dur.ac.uk/st-johns.college/
Emailjohns.secretary@durham.ac.uk
Phone01913343500
AddressST. JOHNS COLLEGE, 3 SOUTH BAILEY, DURHAM, DH1 3RJ

Finances

£8,152,709 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£5,414,087£5,012,591
2022£6,014,173£5,134,945
2023£6,473,776£5,668,756
2024£7,386,952£7,000,151
2025£8,152,709£7,460,486

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Services

Charitable objects

OBJECTS 3 THE COMPANY'S OBJECTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING: 3.1 TO PROVIDE IN ENGLAND AND WALES BY THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A COLLEGE OR COLLEGES IN CONNECTION WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF DURHAM, FOR THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF CANDIDATES FOR HOLY ORDERS IN THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND OTHER CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES, IN CONFORMITY WITH THE CHRISTIAN FAITH WHICH IS UNIQUELY REVEALED IN THE HOLY SCRIPTURES SET FORTH IN THE CATHOLIC CREEDS, AND TO WHICH THE HISTORIC FORMULARIES OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND BEAR WITNESS, AND TAKING PARTICULAR INSPIRATION FROM AND ROOTED IN THE PROTESTANT HERITAGE AND EVANGELICAL TRADITION OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND.3.2 FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION IN A CHRISTIAN SETTING OF MEN AND WOMEN - FROM ALL BACKGROUNDS AND BELIEFS AND OF ALL FAITHS AND NONE - AT THE COLLEGE OR COLLEGES OF THE COMPANY, ENABLING THEM TO UNDERTAKE A COURSE OF STUDY AND/OR RESEARCH IN A RANGE OF SUBJECTS BY PROVIDING FACILITIES AND SERVICES (INCLUDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, PASTORAL CARE AND EXTRAMURAL ENRICHMENT).

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 2 JANUARY 1911 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS THE LAST RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE 24 JANUARY 2011

Trustees (17)

17trustees
52median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

ST.John's College,Durham · 00113496 · Active

PRIV LTD SECT. 30 (Private limited company, section 30 of the Companies Act) · incorporated 02/01/1911

5 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (5)

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