East Durham Veterans Trust

Analysis

East Durham Veterans Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in County Durham. It was registered in July 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and armed forces/emergency service efficiency, which this site groups under armed forces, emergency and public safety. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides other finance, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, East Durham Veterans Trust reported income of £283k and spending of £289k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2022 to December 2025, income grew from £109k to £283k (+161%), an average of +27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2024, when income rose by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 200 England and Wales charities whose main cause is armed forces, emergency and public safety and that reported income, East Durham Veterans Trust sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% 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 Tim Parry Johnathan Ball Foundation Ltd (£277k), Shorncliffe Station Nursery School (£297k) and Devonport Services Rugby Football Club (£272k).

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.