Dean Bank & Ferryhill Literary Institute

Analysis

Dean Bank & Ferryhill Literary Institute is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ferryhill. It was registered in December 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and recreation, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Dean Bank & Ferryhill Literary Institute reported income of £42k and spending of £123k, spending 292% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £41k to £42k (+3.9%), an average of +1.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 162% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Dean Bank & Ferryhill Literary Institute sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include RCCG, the Anchor Centre (£42k), Poitiers Care (£42k) and Crawley Cap Centre (£42k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.