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Josephine Butler Junior Common Room Charitable Incorporated Organisation

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1197721DurhamArts, culture, heritage and science
Income£175k2025-07-31
Spending£179ksame year
Spent / received97%3-year average
Size in its cause84th pctArts, culture, heritage and science
Registered2022CIO
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Josephine Butler Junior Common Room Charitable Incorporated Organisation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Durham. It was registered in January 2022, 4 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Josephine Butler Junior Common Room Charitable Incorporated Organisation reported income of £175k and spending of £179k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from July 2023 to July 2025, income fell from £284k to £175k (-38%), an average of -22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2024, when income dropped by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 97% 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, Josephine Butler Junior Common Room Charitable Incorporated Organisation sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kernow Education Arts Partnership (£175k), Drake Calleja Trust (£175k) and Mercury Musical Developments (£175k).

Income and spending

£0£71k£142k£213k£284k2023 Income: £283,8882023 Spending: £253,35120232024 Income: £154,2462024 Spending: £161,05120242025 Income: £174,9462025 Spending: £179,0742025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

We gather and represent opinion of those studying at Josephine Butler College at Durham University, working with local partners to effect beneficial change. We organise and deliver cultural, sporting, welfare, social and other forms of enrichment activity for students. We also provide leadership opportunities for students to engage in the delivery of our activity, developing personal capability.

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