St John's College, Durham

Analysis

St John's College, Durham is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Durham. It was registered in May 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00113496). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending July 2025, St John's College, Durham reported income of £8.2m and spending of £7.5m, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £5.4m to £8.2m (+51%), an average of +11% a year. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, St John's College, Durham sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Feltonfleet School Trust Limited (£8.1m), The Peterborough School Limited (£8.2m) and WorldSkills UK (£8.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 60%, donations and legacies 29%, trading 7.0% and investments 2.9%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 2.8%. Grants to other organisations totalled £367k. Reserves of £310k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 87 people.