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Map of charities and companies in County Durham
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Charities are shown at their registered address and companies are grouped by the postcode of their registered office. Select a dot to see who is there and open their profile. A registered address is not always where an organisation works. Zoom in to see more. Sources: Charity Commission, OSCR and the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland via the GovReg place index; Companies House register, 2 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. This map outlines County Durham and its wards. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Organisations based here
Counted by registered address. A charity or company registered here may work elsewhere, and organisations from elsewhere may work here.
How do we know this?
| Figure | Source | Period | Geography | Method and limits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Organisation counts | Charity Commission, Companies House, Department for Education, NHS Public registers, via the GovReg place index Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 | place index build, 10 Oct 2026 | County Durham | Counted by registered address or school postcode Active companies with a registered office in this area (Companies House). A registered office is not an operating location. Charities whose contact postcode (or nearest postcode) is in this area; not all serve only this area. NHS trust head offices located here; services are delivered across wider areas. Open schools in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland located here. |
Who serves this area
Charities, schools and the council. Each name links to its GovReg profile.
Largest charities by income
- Waythroughincome £165.2m · 12 trustees
- North East Autism Societyincome £36.7m · 11 trustees
- Beamish Museumincome £21.6m · 10 trustees
- The Auckland Projectincome £14.5m · 9 trustees
- Durham Cathedral Schools Foundationincome £14.1m · 12 trustees
- The Durham Diocesan Board of Financeincome £12.5m · 18 trustees
- Barnard Castle Schoolincome £12.3m · 15 trustees
- Durham Aged Mineworkers' Homes Associationincome £11.2m · 7 trustees
- 11archesincome £10.5m · 7 trustees
- The Harry and Janice Banks Foundationincome £9.4m · 5 trustees
Largest schools by pupils
- Durham Sixth Form Centre16 plus · 1,747 pupils
- Durham Johnston Comprehensive SchoolSecondary · 1,667 pupils
- Park View SchoolSecondary · 1,631 pupils
- Consett AcademySecondary · 1,493 pupils
- St Leonard's Catholic School, DurhamSecondary · 1,293 pupils
- St Bede's Catholic School and Sixth Form College, LanchesterSecondary · 1,240 pupils
- St John's Catholic School & Sixth Form CollegeSecondary · 1,229 pupils
- Framwellgate School DurhamSecondary · 1,204 pupils
The council
- County DurhamCouncillors, wards, party groups and their registered interests
1,029 charities are registered here; the 974 that report income have a combined income of £478.9m and a median of £17,105. Income is as reported to the Charity Commission, and a charity may spend it elsewhere.
Elected councillors (101)
County Durham has 101 elected councillors in this area. Only elected members are named, as public office holders.
Show all 101 councillors
| Councillor | Party | Ward |
|---|---|---|
| Darren Grimes | Reform UK | Annfield Plain & Tanfield |
| Karen Allison | Reform UK | Annfield Plain & Tanfield |
| Michael Stead | Liberal Democrats | Aycliffe North & Middridge |
| Tim McGuinness | Reform UK | Aycliffe North & Middridge |
| Andrew Eales | Reform UK | Aycliffe South |
| John William Grant | Reform UK | Aycliffe South |
| Nicole Louise Brown | Reform UK | Aycliffe South |
| Chris Foote-Wood | Labour Party | Barnard Castle |
| Eric Mavin | Liberal Democrats | Belmont |
| Lesley Mavin | Liberal Democrats | Belmont |
| Andrew James Kilburn | Reform UK | Benfieldside |
| Sandra Ruth Grindle | Reform UK | Benfieldside |
| Terry Rooney | Liberal Democrats | Benfieldside |
| John Paul Kinvig | Reform UK | Bishop Auckland |
| Lyndsey Fox | Reform UK | Bishop Auckland |
| Tom Redmond | Reform UK | Bishop Auckland |
| Rob Crute | Labour Party | Blackhalls & Hesledens |
| Gary Hutchinson | Independent | Bowburn & Coxhoe |
| Jan Blakey | Independent | Bowburn & Coxhoe |
| Kyle Martin Genner | Reform UK | Bowburn & Coxhoe |
| Jonathan Elmer | Green Party | Brandon |
| Priscilla Anne Bowen Elmer | Green Party | Brandon |
| Scott Woodhouse | Reform UK | Castle Eden & Passfield |
| Andrew Husband | Reform UK | Chester-le-Street North |
| Tracie Smith | Labour Party | Chester-le-Street North |
| Bill Moist | Independent | Chester-le-Street South |
| Paul Stephen Sexton | Independent | Chester-le-Street South |
| Stephen Robert Bowron | Reform UK | Chilton |
| Kathryn Rooney | Liberal Democrats | Consett North |
| Dominic John Haney | Liberal Democrats | Consett South |
| Aaron Hillam | Reform UK | Craghead & South Moor |
| John Michael Cook | Reform UK | Craghead & South Moor |
| Adrian Schulman | Reform UK | Crook |
| Paul David Bean | Reform UK | Crook |
| Robbie Rodiss | Reform UK | Crook |
| Gerry Anderson | Reform UK | Dalton & Dawdon |
| Jack McGlenen | Reform UK | Dalton & Dawdon |
| Matthew John Burnard | Reform UK | Deerness |
| Sean Patrick Healy | Reform UK | Deerness |
| Jacqueline Teasdale | Reform UK | Delves Lane |
| Kenny Hope | Reform UK | Delves Lane |
| Craig Thomas Marshall | Reform UK | Derwent & Pont Valley |
| Gavin Brydon | Reform UK | Derwent & Pont Valley |
| Saffron Sims-Brydon | Reform UK | Derwent & Pont Valley |
| Howard William Brown | Reform UK | Easington & Shotton |
| John Bailey | Reform UK | Easington & Shotton |
| Louise Anne Penders | Reform UK | Easington & Shotton |
| Louise Taylor | Reform UK | Easington & Shotton |
| David Robert Freeman | Liberal Democrats | Elvet, Gilesgate & Shincliffe |
| Ellie Jayne Hopgood | Liberal Democrats | Elvet, Gilesgate & Shincliffe |
| Robert Potts | Reform UK | Evenwood |
| Joe Michael Quinn | Reform UK | Ferryhill |
| Paul Mountford | Reform UK | Ferryhill |
| Amanda Jayne Hopgood | Liberal Democrats | Framwellgate & Newton Hall |
| Elizabeth Pears | Liberal Democrats | Framwellgate & Newton Hall |
| Mark Wilkes | Liberal Democrats | Framwellgate & Newton Hall |
| Dawn Bellingham | Reform UK | Horden & Dene House |
| John Cottier | Reform UK | Horden & Dene House |
| Alison Gray | Labour Party | Lanchester & Burnhope |
| Alex Neil | Liberal Democrats | Langley & Esh |
| Jasmine Fox | Reform UK | Lower Teesdale |
| Jillian Anne Campbell | Reform UK | Lower Teesdale |
| Alan Bell | Independent | Lumley & West Rainton |
| Philip Heaviside | Independent | Lumley & West Rainton |
| David Cumming | Reform UK | Murton |
| Julie Ann Griffiths | Labour Party | Murton |
| Mark Stephen Rowney | Reform UK | Murton |
| Elizabeth Scott | Liberal Democrats | Neville's Cross |
| Liz Brown | Liberal Democrats | Neville's Cross |
| Craig Martin | Liberal Democrats | North Lodge |
| Brian Quirey | Reform UK | Pelton |
| Ian Mark Cross | Reform UK | Pelton |
| Steve Biggs | Reform UK | Pelton |
| Dawn Saunders | Reform UK | Peterlee |
| Steven Franklin | Reform UK | Peterlee |
| Rhys Burriss | Reform UK | Pittington & Sherburn |
| James Pickard | Reform UK | Sacriston & Witton Gilbert |
| Timothy John Robson | Reform UK | Sacriston & Witton Gilbert |
| Andrew Harrison | Reform UK | Seaham |
| Christopher Fairs | Reform UK | Seaham |
| Chris Lines | Independent | Sedgefield |
| Ian Catchpole | Reform UK | Sedgefield |
| James Michael Stephenson | Reform UK | Shildon & Dene Valley |
| Kate Rowland | Reform UK | Shildon & Dene Valley |
| Michael David Ramage | Reform UK | Shildon & Dene Valley |
| Liz Maddison | Independent | Spennymoor |
| Pete Molloy | Independent | Spennymoor |
| Christine Blatchford | Reform UK | Stanley |
| David Stanley Walton | Reform UK | Stanley |
| Neil Craggs | Reform UK | Thornley & Wheatley Hill |
| Mary-Lynn Franklin | Reform UK | Trimdon & Wingate |
| Susan Husband | Reform UK | Trimdon & Wingate |
| Billy McAloon | Independent | Tudhoe |
| Nicola Lyons | Reform UK | Tudhoe |
| Richard Andrew Bell | Conservative and Unionist Party | Upper Teesdale |
| Anita Savory | Independent | Weardale |
| John Shuttleworth | Independent | Weardale |
| Nick Brown | Reform UK | West Auckland |
| Stephen Gray | Reform UK | West Auckland |
| Cathy Hunt | Reform UK | Willington & Hunwick |
| Emma Hunt | Reform UK | Willington & Hunwick |
Full profiles are on the council page.
Organisations that share board members
Among the 974 largest charities here with trustee data, 328 are linked to at least one other through 283 shared board members. This shows how boards overlap, which is not the same as influence or control, and in small communities the same volunteers often serve more than one cause.
- The Sedgefield District Relief in Need Charity and Howle Hope Estate10 shared board members
- Henry Smith's Charity and Lumley, Burnmoor and Fence Houses Aid in Sickness Fund8 shared board members
- Lumley Hospital and Henry Smith's Charity7 shared board members
- Lumley Hospital and Lumley, Burnmoor and Fence Houses Aid in Sickness Fund7 shared board members
- Durham City Methodists and Durham and Deerness Valley Circuit of The Methodist Church6 shared board members
- Sherburn House Charity and The Sherburn House Educational Foundation6 shared board members
- Weardale Community Transport Limited and Weardale Community Partnership Ltd5 shared board members
- The Sedgefield District Relief in Need Charity and The Sedgefield Educational Foundation5 shared board members
- Howle Hope Estate and The Sedgefield Educational Foundation5 shared board members
- Wolsingham Grammar School Endowment and The Thomas Batty Scholarship Icw Wolsingham County Secondary Grammar School5 shared board members
Connections between organisations through shared board members describe how boards overlap. They are not evidence of influence, control or coordination, and many overlaps are ordinary in small communities. Only elected councillors are named. No addresses or other personal details are shown; organisation links point to existing public GovReg profiles.
Sources used on this page
1- Charity Commission, Companies House, Department for Education, NHS England: Organisation registers, via the GovReg place indexA charity or company is counted where its registered address is, which is not necessarily where it works.
Registered offices are not operating locations. Ranks and deciles are never averaged. Census 2021 figures are labelled 2021.