COUNTY DURHAM SPORT

Registered charity 1168336 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

County Durham Sport is a sports development agency, passionate about developing sport, physical activity and effective partnerships, with a focus on County Durham. We provide strategic, advocacy and brokering support; support programme delivery and support partners to make better investment decisions.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF COUNTY DURHAM AND THE SURROUNDING AREA AND IN PARTICULAR TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN PROVIDING, AND TO PROMOTE AND DEVELOP:-A) PUBLIC FACILITIES, AMENITIES, EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES FOR HEALTHY RECREATION;B) FACILITIES AND SERVICES FOR RECREATIONAL, SPORTING OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE OR THOSE WHO BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES AND SERVICES;C) THE IMPROVEMENT AND PRESERVATION OF GOOD HEALTH AND WELL-BEING THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION; ANDD) EDUCATION, TRAINING AND COACHING COURSES WHICH PROMOTE PHYSICAL HEALTH AND FITNESS.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~5.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Transferred assets to another charity (04/03/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Operates in: Durham

Income and spending