Durham Johnston Comprehensive School Fund

Analysis

Durham Johnston Comprehensive School Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Durham. It was registered in November 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Durham Johnston Comprehensive School Fund reported income of £408k and spending of £355k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £61k to £408k (+569%), an average of +61% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 468%. Over the whole period it spent 85% 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 Johnston Comprehensive School Fund sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Maldon and District Community Voluntary Service (£408k), The Who Is Hussain Foundation (£408k) and Haringey Migrant Support Centre (£408k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.