Durham Community Action Limited

Analysis

Durham Community Action Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Crook. It was registered in January 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00309329). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Durham Community Action Limited reported income of £1.1m and spending of £1.1m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £888k to £1.1m (+28%), an average of +6.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Durham Community Action Limited sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Music in Hospitals and Care (£1.1m), Blackpool Citizens Advice Bureau (£1.1m) and Oaktree Family Group Ltd (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 96%, investments 2.8% and trading 1.0%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £111k. Reserves of £509k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 20 people.