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The Auckland Project

Registered charity 1146219 Registered since 2012

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.

2.2y median 1y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
11.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (2)

8
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 9General Charitable Purposes 8The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 7Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1Recreation 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.

Arts and leisure 15Education 7Finance 4

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£14.5m 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.

56.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 44.5 in 2021

201 from 88 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.

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Also active in the same field

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Contact

Websitewww.aucklandproject.org
Emailenquiries@aucklandproject.org
Phone01388743750
Address58 Kingsway, BISHOP AUCKLAND, County Durham, DL14 7JF

Finances

£14,488,689 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£11,293,630£7,996,774
2022£6,586,792£8,244,597
2023£7,755,332£11,799,028
2024£14,076,919£13,700,629
2025£14,488,689£15,723,952

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyArts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritageEconomic/community Development/employmentRecreation

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE THE BENEFITS OR FURTHERANCE OF SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS OR CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN SUCH MANNER AND (IF MORE THAN ONE) IN SUCH SHARES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE AND, IN PARTICULAR, BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, TO OR TOWARDS OR FOR ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING CHARITABLE PURPOSES: 1.1 TO PRESERVE PROTECT AND IMPROVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC GENERALLY AND THE INHABITANTS OF THE CHARITY'S AREA IN PARTICULAR THE CASTLE AND OTHER BUILDINGS OF NATIONAL ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIC OR ARTISTIC INTEREST WITHIN THE CHARITY'S AREA TO PROMOTE ACCESS THERETO AND ENJOYMENT THEREOF BY THE PUBLIC AND TO AUGMENT THE AMENITIES OF THE CASTLE AND SUCH OTHER BUILDINGS AND THEIR SURROUNDINGS; 1.2 TO PRESERVE, PROTECT, MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC GENERALLY AND THE INHABITANTS OF THE CHARITY'S AREA IN PARTICULAR THE FURNITURE, PICTURES, HISTORICAL RECORDS, BOOKS, MANUSCRIPT, MONUMENTS, ARMOUR, PORCELAIN, SILVER AND GOLD OBJECTS, OBJETS D'ART AND OTHER CHATTELS ASSOCIATED WITH OR DISPLAYED OR KEPT IN THE CASTLE OR IN ANY BUILDING WITHIN THE CHARITY'S AREA AND TO PROMOTE ACCESS TO AND ENJOYMENT OF SUCH CHATTELS BY THE PUBLIC; 1.3 TO PROMOTE PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE COUNTRYSIDE WITHIN THE CHARITY'S AREA, THE PROVISION OF ROUTES AND WAYS THEREFORE, AND THE PRESERVATION OF FOOTPATHS, COMMONS AND WASTELANDS; 1.4 TO INCREASE KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF MATTERS OF HISTORIC, ARTISTIC, ARCHITECTURAL, CULTURAL OR AESTHETIC INTEREST INCLUDING THOSE CONCERNING THE LANDS AND OTHER PROPERTY COMPRISED IN THE CHARITY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC; 1.5 TO CONSERVE ANIMAL, BIRD AND PLANT WILDLIFE WITHIN THE CHARITY'S AREA FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC; 1.6 TO IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, APICULTURE, FORESTRY AND ALLIED OCCUPATIONS WITHIN THE CHARITY'S AREA; 1.7 TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC PARTICULARLY WITHIN, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE CHARITY'S AREA BY: 1.7.1 THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE PRUDENT USE OF RESOURCES; AND 1.7.2 THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REGENERATION; 1.8 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN SUBJECTS RELATING TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, THE USE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES AND THE PROTECTION, ENHANCEMENT AND REHABILITATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND TO PROMOTE STUDY AND RESEARCH IN SUCH SUBJECTS PROVIDED THAT THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH STUDY ARE DISSEMINATED TO THE PUBLIC AT LARGE; 1.9 THE ADVANCEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF THE USE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES; 1.10 THE PROMOTION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OF URBAN OR RURAL REGENERATION IN AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION WITHIN THE CHARITY'S AREA BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS: 1.10.1 THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; 1.10.2 THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IN ORDER TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE IN CASES OF FINANCIAL OR OTHER CHARITABLE NEED; 1.10.3 THE CREATION OF TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES; 1.10.4 THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO SUCH COMMUNITY GROUPS AND PROJECTS AS APPROPRIATE; AND/OR 1.10.5 THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL OR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO ORGANISATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS WISHING TO DEVELOP ENTREPRENEURIAL AND OTHER SKILLS AND/OR PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OTHERS; AND 1.11 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN HISTORY AND/OR THE ARTS BY THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF MUSEUMS AND/OR GALLERIES; PROVIDED ALWAYS THAT NOTHING IN THESE ARTICLES SHALL AUTHORISE OR PERMIT THE CHARITY'S FUNDS TO BE PAID OR APPLIED AT ANY TIME OR IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCES FOR ANY PURPOSE OR IN ANY MANNER WHICH IS NOT EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 01 FEB 2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 06 OCT 2015 as amended on 29 Oct 2018

Trustees (9)

9trustees
62median age
3aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Auckland Project · 07931440 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 01/02/2012

5 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (5)

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