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Who runs things in County Durham

Postcode district DL4 is in Shildon & Dene Valley ward, Shildon, County Durham, Bishop Auckland 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 John's Church of England Aided Primary School, Shildon11 governors · Primary · Voluntary aided school0.3 mi
Timothy Hackworth Primary School8 governors · Primary · Community school0.3 mi
Thornhill Primary School10 governors · Primary · Community school0.5 mi
Prince Bishops Community Primary School7 governors · Primary · Part of Lingfield Education Trust1.3 mi
St Andrew's Academy11 governors · Primary · Part of Wise Academies1.7 mi
Greenfield Academy10 governors · Secondary · Part of Advance Learning Partnership1.9 mi
Aclet Close Nursery School7 governors · Nursery · Local authority nursery school1.9 mi
Byerley Park Primary School11 governors · Primary · Community school1.9 mi
Cockton Hill Junior School12 governors · Primary · Community school2.0 mi
Cockton Hill Infant School8 governors · Primary · Community school2.0 mi
St Francis Horndale CofE Primary School11 governors · Primary · Voluntary aided school2.0 mi
Woodhouse Primary Academy7 governors · Primary · Part of Advance Learning Partnership2.0 mi
St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, Bishop Auckland6 governors · Primary · Part of Bishop Hogarth Catholic Education Trust2.2 mi
Walworth School8 governors · Community special school2.2 mi
St Anne's CofE Primary School8 governors · Primary · Voluntary controlled school2.3 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 DL4

iCompanies at shared addresses are left out. Only the postcode district is shown for a company, not its address.
Shildon Association Football Club Limited(The)since 1909 · Arts, entertainment and recreation
T&G Automotive Ltdsince 1981 · Manufacturing
Racebourne Limitedsince 1984 · Wholesale and retail trade
Triple T Engineering Limitedsince 1985 · Manufacturing
Blue Diamond Engineering Limitedsince 1987 · Manufacturing
Blue Diamond Machine Tools Limitedsince 1987 · Wholesale and retail trade

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.