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Durham Action on Single Housing LTD

Durham Action on Single Housing LTD is a registered charity (number 501556) based in Durham, governed by 8 trustees and chaired by Andrew Toes since 2023. Latest income £1.3m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

Also known as D A S H (Charity Commission)

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £1.3m (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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
Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing
Where
Durham
Website
www.dashorg.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Durham Action on Single Housing Limited
Registered
1972

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£1.3m£1.3m
  • 2024£737k£1.1m
  • 2023£726k£697k
Earlier years
  • 2022£1.0m£585k
  • 2021£705k£611k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 53%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (‘OBJECTS’) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:1. THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF CHARITABLE SOCIAL HOUSING TO PEOPLE IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES;2. TO PROMOTE THE CARE, EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF PEOPLE WITH MENTAL OR PHYSICAL DISABILITY.NOTHING IN THE ARTICLES SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CHARITY FOR PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND/OR SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.]

Grants received

5 grants · £108,636 total

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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.

8 trustees on the board

2.4y median 2.5y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

3.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

8
company-linked trustees

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

Accommodation/housing 8Disability 8The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 8

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

Other services 8

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£1.3m 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.

9.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 5.9 in 2021

24 from 18 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
501556
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 10/02/1972AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 01/11/1988AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 08/12/1998AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26/03/2002AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 02/06/2003AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28/01/2014NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 25 JUL 2017
Companies House
Company number 01041946 · Active
Contact on the register
01913845073 · email@dashorg.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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