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The City of Durham Trust
- 11 trustees
- Income £4k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Allan Richard GemmillChair · since 2024
- Christopher John HugillTrustee · since 2022
- Dr Adrian Gareth GreenTrustee · since 2019
- Francis William PritchardTrustee · since 2021
- John AshbyTrustee · since 2016
- John LoweTrustee · since 2016
- Matthew PhillipsTrustee · since 2016
- Michael HurlowTrustee · since 2020
- Professor Timothy John Andrew ClarkTrustee · since 2015
- Roger John CornwellTrustee · since 2016
- Sue Margaret ChildsTrustee · since 2020
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Durham
- Website
- www.durhamcity.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1973
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£4k£5k
- 2024£6k£4k
- 2023£4k£3k
Earlier years
- 2022£5k£6k
- 2021£8k£6k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO PRESERVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE AMENITIES OF THE CITY OF DURHAM AND FRAMWELLGATE AND ITS SURROUNDINGS. TO ACQUIRE LAND AND BUILDINGS IN AND IN THE VICINITY OF DURHAM, AND TO CONSERVE THE NATURAL FEATURES AND TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUCH LAND AND BUILDINGS CONSONANT WITH THE OBJECTS OF THE TRUST. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3 OF THE MEMO)
Grants received
1 grant · £1,500 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
- Northern Rock Foundation · £1,500
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.
11 trustees on the board
- Allan Richard Gemmill Chair since 2024
- Christopher John Hugill since 2022
- Dr Adrian Gareth Green since 2019
- Francis William Pritchard since 2021
- John Lowe since 2016
- John Ashby since 2016
- Matthew Phillips since 2016
- Michael Hurlow since 2020
- Professor Timothy John Andrew Clark since 2015
- Roger John Cornwell since 2016
- Sue Margaret Childs since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Adrian Gareth Green since 2019
- John Lowe since 2016
- John Ashby since 2016
- Matthew Phillips since 2016
- Michael Hurlow since 2020
- Professor Timothy John Andrew Clark since 2015
- Roger John Cornwell since 2016
- Sue Margaret Childs since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Allan Richard Gemmill Chair since 2024
- Christopher John Hugill since 2022
- John Ashby since 2016
- Michael Hurlow since 2020
- Professor Timothy John Andrew Clark since 2015
- Roger John Cornwell since 2016
- Sue Margaret Childs since 2020
Portfolio (4)
- Dr Adrian Gareth Green since 2019
- Francis William Pritchard since 2021
- John Lowe since 2016
- Matthew Phillips since 2016
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 502132
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - ASSOCIATION CONVERSIONCONVERSION 07 APR 2021
- Contact on the register
- 01913840840 · trust@DurhamCity.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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