Durham City Youth Project

Analysis

Durham City Youth Project is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Durham. It was registered in June 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Durham City Youth Project reported income of £296k and spending of £212k, leaving 28% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £197k to £296k (+50%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income rose by 67%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Durham City Youth Project sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Delamere Dairy Foundation (£294k), Blakemore Foundation (£298k) and Home-Start Birmingham North and Inner City (£294k).