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Who runs things in County Durham

Postcode district DH8 is in Benfieldside ward, Consett, County Durham, Blaydon and Consett constituency.

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Schools
280
in County Durham
Charities based here
1,029
registered in County Durham
Charities working here
1,418
say they operate in County Durham
Companies
21,835
registered in County Durham
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Schools and their governors

280 schools in County Durham, nearest first.

St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Blackhill11 governors · Primary · Part of Bishop Wilkinson Catholic Education Trust0.3 mi
Benfieldside Primary School8 governors · Primary · Part of Stanley Learning Partnership0.4 mi
Delta Independent Schoolgovernors not published · Other independent school0.6 mi
The Grove Primary School10 governors · Primary · Community school0.7 mi
Derwentside Collegegovernors not published · 16 plus · Further education0.7 mi
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Consett10 governors · Primary · Part of Bishop Wilkinson Catholic Education Trust0.8 mi
Learning for Lifegovernors not published · Special post 16 institution0.8 mi
Consett Infant School12 governors · Primary · Community school0.8 mi
St Pius Xth Catholic Primary School, Consett9 governors · Primary · Part of Bishop Wilkinson Catholic Education Trust0.9 mi
Consett Academy11 governors · Secondary · Part of Connect Multi-Academy Trust0.9 mi
Beechdale Nursery School6 governors · Nursery · Local authority nursery school1.0 mi
Consett Junior School10 governors · Primary · Community school1.0 mi
Shotley Bridge Primary School10 governors · Primary · Community school1.1 mi
Villa Real School7 governors · Community special school1.1 mi
Delves Lane Primary School8 governors · Primary · Community school1.5 mi

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Charities working in County Durham

iCharities that tell the Charity Commission they operate in County Durham (or its county), wherever they are registered. 577 of the 1,418 are registered outside the council area. National charities are left out.
Everyturnbased elsewhere£41.2m
The Percy Hedley Foundationbased elsewhere£40.5m
North East Autism Societybased here£36.7m
The Newcastle Upon Tyne Royal Grammar Schoolbased elsewhere£22.2m
Beamish Museumbased here£21.6m
Education and Services for People with Autism Limitedbased elsewhere£20.9m
Dame Allan'S Schoolsbased elsewhere£19.1m
St Oswald'S Hospice Limitedbased elsewhere£17.6m
The Auckland Projectbased here£14.5m
Durham Cathedral Schools Foundationbased here£14.1m
St Cuthbert'S Carebased elsewhere£13.6m
Diocese of Hexham and Newcastlebased elsewhere£12.9m

Showing 12 of 1,418 charities.

Charities based here

1,029 charities with a registered address in County Durham, largest first. Where a charity is registered is not always where it works.

Waythrough12 trustees · 3 new this year£165.2m
North East Autism Society11 trustees · 1 new this year£36.7m
Beamish Museum10 trustees · 1 new this year£21.6m
The Auckland Project9 trustees£14.5m
Durham Cathedral Schools Foundation12 trustees · 1 new this year£14.1m
The Durham Diocesan Board of Finance18 trustees · 2 new this year£12.5m
Barnard Castle School15 trustees£12.3m
Durham Aged Mineworkers' Homes Association7 trustees · 2 new this year£11.2m
11arches7 trustees£10.5m
The Harry and Janice Banks Foundation5 trustees£9.4m
Groundwork North East10 trustees£8.2m
St John'S College, Durham17 trustees£8.2m

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Longest-established companies registered in DH8

iCompanies at shared addresses are left out. Only the postcode district is shown for a company, not its address.
Thomas Swan & Co.Limitedsince 1925 · Manufacturing
N.B.Transport Limitedsince 1948 · Transport and storage
Hugh Jennings Limitedsince 1963 · Manufacturing
Derwent Reservoir Sailing Club Limitedsince 1967 · Arts, entertainment and recreation
Consett & District Golf Club,Limited(The)since 1968 · Arts, entertainment and recreation
Mpm Durham Limitedsince 1970 · Manufacturing

Organisations only. We never search or list people by where they live. Sources, all open data: ONS National Statistics Postcode Lookup (OGL), Charity Commission for England and Wales register, Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator register (contains information supplied by OSCR, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0), Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register, Companies House (registered offices), Get Information about Schools and school governor records (England), the Welsh Government, Scottish Government and Northern Ireland Department of Education school lists, Democracy Club councillor data, Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland electoral areas, NHS ODS and the health board websites. Distances are straight-line from the middle of the postcode district. Counts are of what is on the public registers, not a judgement of any organisation.