Ferryhill Lakes and District Development Education Resource Centre Limited

Analysis

Ferryhill Lakes and District Development Education Resource Centre Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in County Durham. It was registered in January 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03953195). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Ferryhill Lakes and District Development Education Resource Centre Limited reported income of £347k and spending of £254k, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £210k to £347k (+65%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 85%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Ferryhill Lakes and District Development Education Resource Centre Limited sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Headway Hertfordshire Limited (£347k), North East London Gymnastics Club Ltd (£347k) and Eden Gate Newport (£346k).