The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Zurbaran Trust

Registered charity 1146437 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.

11.5y median 13y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure
22.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (3)

6
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 6General Charitable Purposes 4Arts/culture/heritage/science 3The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 3Environment/conservation/heritage 2

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 21Finance 8Professional services 7

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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£1.1m 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.

2.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 16.4 in 2021

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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

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

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

Finances

£1,061,202 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£2,989,796£292,015
2022£1,787,981£276,672
2023£3,502,126£307,120
2024£2,488,112£290,847
2025£1,061,202£190,787

What it does

What

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

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Other Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

OBJECT 1 FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND IN PARTICULAR THE PEOPLE OF THE NORTH-EAST OF ENGLAND TO ADVANCE ART CULTURE AND HERITAGE INCLUDING BY:-(A) ACQUIRING AND HOLDING IN PERPETUITY THE PAINTINGS (REFERRED TO BELOW TO BE HOUSED AT AUCKLAND CASTLE IN SUCH LOCATIONS AS ARE NOT LIKELY TO CAUSE DAMAGE OR DETERIORATION TO THE PAINTINGS AND WHICH ARE AVAILABLE FOR ON-GOING PUBLIC DISPLAY AND THE PAINTINGS WILL ONLY BE REMOVED FROM AUCKLAND CASTLE FOR THE PURPOSES OF RESTORATION OR TEMPORARY PUBLIC EXHIBITION; (B) PROVIDING FOR AND FACILITATING THE PRESERVATION OF AN EXHIBITION FOR THE PUBLIC OF THE PAINTINGS AND (C) RECEIVING ON LOAN AND/OR ACQUIRING AND/OR PROVIDING FOR AND FACILITATING THE PRESERVATION OF OR RESEARCH INTO AND/OR EXHIBITING TO THE PUBLIC OTHER WORKS OF ART FROM TIME TO TIME AT AUCKLAND CASTLE OR ELSEWHERE.OBJECT 2 TO ADVANCE EDUCATIONOBJECT 3 TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND SUFFERING IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING FINANCIAL AND OTHER ASSISTANCE (INCLUDING THE MAKING OF GRANTS) TO ORGANISATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS.OBJECT 4 SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAWS OF ENGLAND & WALES."THE PAINTINGS MEANS THE 13 PAINTINGS COLLECTIVELY KNOWN AS THE PICTURE CYCLE OF "JACOB AND HIS SONS" INCLUDING 12 PAINTINGS OF JACOB AND HIS 11 SONS BY FRANCISCO DE ZURBARAN (1598-1664) AND ONE PAINTING OF "BENJAMIN" PAINTED AS A COPY BY ARTHUR POND (1705-1758) (OIL ON CANVAS EACH PAINTING APPROX. 80 X 41 INCHES).

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 14/11/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10/09/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07/02/2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16/10/2015 as amended on 03 May 2023

Trustees (6)

6trustees
74median age
5aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Zurbaran Trust · 07846779 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 14/11/2011

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (7)

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