Registered charity (CIO) · Cleveland
Bishop Auckland Astronomical Society
- 5 trustees
- Income £939 (2026)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training
- Where
- Durham
- Registered
- 2017
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2026£939£1k
- 2025£778£666
- 2024£3k£3k
Earlier years
- 2023£2k£1k
- 2022£872£572
Income trend, 2022 to 2026.
Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 55%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ON THE SUBJECT OF ASTRONOMY, PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:A. THE ACQUISITION, PRESERVATION AND MAINTENANCE OF ONE OR MORE TELESCOPESB. THE PROVISION OF REGULAR MEETINGS FOR MEMBERS TO SHARE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS AND TO HEAR PRESENTATIONS BY EXPERT SPEAKERSC. THE PROVISION OF OPEN MEETINGS FOR NON-MEMBERS TO ENCOURAGE THE PUBLICS KNOWLEDGE OF, AND WIDER PARTICIPATION, IN ASTRONOMYD. THE PROVISION OF TRAINING SESSIONS, WORKSHOPS, CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS FOR MEMBERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLICE. THE PROVISION OF OUTREACH TRAINING AND LEARNING SESSIONS IN SCHOOLS, CHARITIES, COMMUNITY VENUES AND OTHER LOCATIONS.
Grants received
1 grant · £1,700 total360Giving 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
- Point North · £1,700
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.
5 trustees on the board
- Duane COX Chair since 2017
- Jeffrey Alan Dickinson since 2023
- Karl Jennings since 2017
- Karen Susan Walker since 2023
- Lynda COX since 2017
Trustees past 6 years
- Duane COX Chair since 2017
- Karl Jennings since 2017
- Lynda COX since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Duane COX Chair since 2017
- Jeffrey Alan Dickinson since 2023
- Karl Jennings since 2017
- Karen Susan Walker since 2023
- Lynda COX since 2017
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1172061
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 15 Mar 2017
- Contact on the register
- 01740622989 · dualyn@aol.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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