The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

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.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

5.6y median 5y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

14.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (7)

12
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 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 iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 15Other services 6Education 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£1.0m 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.

5.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

19 from 15 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.

Related organisations

Connected through a shared trustee

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Contact

Websitewww.durhamcommunityaction.org.uk
Emailfinance@durhamcommunityaction.org.uk
Phone01388742040
AddressUnit 8, St. Stephens Court, Low Willington Industrial Esta, Willington, CROOK, DL15 0BF

Finances

£1,046,445 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
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+

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)

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