The Durham Lesotho Diocesan Link

Analysis

The Durham Lesotho Diocesan Link is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Durham. It was registered in May 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, religious activities and amateur sport, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides other finance and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Durham Lesotho Diocesan Link reported income of £74k and spending of £62k, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £59k to £74k (+26%), an average of +5.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 88%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Durham Lesotho Diocesan Link sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Whiteshill Evangelical Church (£74k), Markazi Jamia Masjid Ghousia ( Ahle Sunnat Wa Jamaat ) (£74k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St James Westgate and Garlinge (£74k).