DURHAM CITY YOUTH PROJECT

Registered charity 1173498 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The project aims to provide experiences and opportunities both social and educational to young people who are deemed to be disadvantaged and prone to "at risk" behaviour. DCYP supports young people from all areas of County Durham and helps to develop their social and emotional capabilities.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING IN DURHAM CITY (AND THE SURROUNDING AREA) THROUGH:(A) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;(B) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.

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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Registered contact address: County Durham, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £83,181 for the year ended 31 March 2026, with total income rising to £295,589 from £176,836 in the prior year. Net assets increased to £214,442, including £67,798 in unrestricted reserves, and the trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (18/08/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ALEXANDER RICHARD WESTGARTH TAYLORchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Donald Clifford Irving
• Elizabeth Jane Pears · trustee of 1 other charity
• Keneth Gates
• MS Aurielia Smith
• RODERIC JAMES JOHNSTON
• Rachael Patricia Perry
• Susan Anne Mcneill

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Durham

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CENTRAL ELTHAM YOUTH PROJECT.

• CENTRAL ELTHAM YOUTH PROJECT income £179k
• DURHAM AREA YOUTH income £257k
• DARLINGTON AREA CHURCHES YOUTH MINISTRY income £73k
• DARLASTON YOUTH CENTRE income £108k
• DURHAM CHRISTIAN PARTNERSHIP income £1.6m
• DORCHESTER YOUTH & COMMUNITY CENTRE income £175k

Side by side with its peers

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