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Registered charity · Bishop Auckland

11Arches

3.6 The Charity is a registered charity as defined under the Charities Act 2011 and the provisions of these Articles, including any references to charity, charitable purpose and public benefit shall be construed accordingly. In the event of any...

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £10m (2024)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Durham
Website
www.elevenarches.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
11Arches
Registered
2014

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£10m£8.2m
  • 2023£2.0m£4.8m
  • 2022£11m£4.3m
Earlier years
  • 2021£2.4m£4.2m
  • 2020£3.5m£3.6m

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Charitable objects

3.6 The Charity is a registered charity as defined under the Charities Act 2011 and the provisions of these Articles, including any references to charity, charitable purpose and public benefit shall be construed accordingly. In the event of any ambiguity the interpretation of these Articles shall be in accordance with the Charity’s status as a registered charity.…4. OBJECTSThe objects of the Charity are specifically restricted to the following exclusively charitable purposes for the public benefit:4.1. To advance education for the public benefit by any or all of the following means:4.1.1. historical and heritage installations, exhibitions, immersive experiences, activities and productions and performing arts projects, including those that celebrate and promote the unique history of Bishop Auckland or England more widely, which increase knowledge, understanding and appreciation of matters of local, regional or national historic interest;4.1.2. conserving, caring for, breeding and raising public awareness of endangered or rare animals, including those of historical or environmental significance to Bishop Auckland or England more widely, and with characteristics worthy of preservation in the interests of public education;4.1.3. providing after-school and training programmes for children and young people that are designed to build skills and self-confidence;4.1.4. such other educational means as the Trustees may think fit from time to time.4.2. To advance community development for the public benefit by the promotion of volunteer programmes that encourage community wide involvement in the Charity’s historical and heritage installations, exhibitions, immersive experiences, activities, productions, its performing arts projects or its other educational activities.This Article 4 may not be amended without the prior written consent of the Commission if it would alter the Charity’s charitable purposes.

Grants received

1 grant · £5,000 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

Most recent

Board analysis

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.

7 trustees on the board

7.6y median 8y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (2)

7
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 6Economic/community Development/employment 6Education/training 6General Charitable Purposes 2The 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.

Arts and leisure 12Finance 4Other services 4

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£10.5m 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.

10.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 0.0 in 2020

22 from 12 in 2020
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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1159011
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 23/05/2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 28/10/2014 as amended on 19 Mar 2021 as amended on 07 Feb 2025
Companies House
Company number 09055646 · Active
Contact on the register
01388311813 · finance@elevenarches.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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