Durham Community Action Limited

Registered charity 229119 Registered since 1964

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.

trustees on the board

5.6y median 5y

average tenure

15y

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

14.4y

average years in governance

5 vs 3 portfolio

first-time trustees

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

Education/training 11General Charitable Purposes 11The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 7Disability 2The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 2Accommodation/housing 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1Religious Activities 1

Commercial experience

Health and social care 15Other services 6Education 4

Boards that share trustees

Sedgefield Arts Recreation and Community Association 2 shared trustees
ST Cuthberts Church Hall, Benfieldside 1 shared trustee
The Molitor Charitable Trust 1 shared trustee
Communities Together Durham 1 shared trustee
Fishburn Youth & Community Centre 1 shared trustee

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Related organisations

Sedgefield Arts Recreation and Community Association 2 shared trustees
Durham Wildlife Trust 1 shared trustee
Communities Together Durham 1 shared trustee
Fishburn Youth & Community Centre 1 shared trustee
The Abbeyfield Barnard Castle Society Limited 1 shared trustee
ST Cuthberts Church Hall, Benfieldside 1 shared trustee

Boards that overlap with this one through shared trustees, or govern in the same field. Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.durhamcommunityaction.org.uk
Email	finance@durhamcommunityaction.org.uk
Phone	01388742040
Address	Unit 8, St. Stephens Court, Low Willington Industrial Esta, Willington, CROOK, DL15 0BF

Finances

£1,046,445 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£796,839	£654,581
2022	£888,087	£667,528
2023	£847,431	£936,197
2024	£1,261,962	£957,813
2025	£1,046,445	£1,152,645

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyEnvironment/conservation/heritageEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF COUNTY DURHAM AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE STATUTORY AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE THE WELFARE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE, THROUGH ANY OR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING: (A) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY; (B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION; (C) THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH (D) THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT; (E) THE PROMOTION OF URBAN AND RURAL REGENERATION; (F) SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED. THE CHARITY SHALL BE NON-PARTY POLITICAL AND NON-SECTARIAN IN RELIGION.

Governing document: INCORPORATED 15/01/1936AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15/02/1951AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28/01/1965AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24/10/1974AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 08/11/1989AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07/06/1991AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 18/10/2001AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17/10/2002AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16/10/2008AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 24/07/2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 04/11/2013

Trustees (12)

12trustees

73median age

8aged 70+

Succession outlook: 8 of 12 trustees are aged 70 or over.

Janice Margaret Wortersage 75 Chair
Angela Hawkesage 66 since 2021
Clarice Annie Smithage 87 since 2011
Elaine Kilgannonage 74 since 2021
Ian Douglas Hunter Smartage 65 since 2024
John Robinson
Karen Lesley Davisonage 66 since 2024
Linda Catherine Birdage 70 since 2020
Michael John Litchfieldage 77 since 2020
Patricia Buckley-Atkinsage 80 since 2018
Professor Sarah Jane Banksage 71
Stephen Kumar Bhowmickage 63 since 2025

Linked company (Companies House)

Durham Community Action Limited · 00309329 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 15/01/1936

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (9)

Sedgefield Arts Recreation and Community Association 2 shared trustees
The Abbeyfield Barnard Castle Society Limited 1 shared trustee
Durham Wildlife Trust 1 shared trustee
Fishburn Youth & Community Centre 1 shared trustee
ST Cuthberts Church Hall, Benfieldside 1 shared trustee
The Molitor Charitable Trust 1 shared trustee
United Communities 1 shared trustee
Communities Together Durham 1 shared trustee
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of ST. Cuthbert With ST. Aidan, Durham in the Diocese of Durham 1 shared trustee

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