University College Durham Trust

Analysis

University College Durham Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Durham. It was registered in April 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending April 2025, University College Durham Trust reported income of £88k and spending of £145k, spending 166% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £39k to £88k (+126%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 698%. Over the whole period it spent 63% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, University College Durham Trust sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Corvus Consort (£87k), Kingsbarton Theatre 1999 Limited (£88k) and Ben Rhydding (De Mohicanen) Scout & Guide Group (£87k).