DURHAM AREA YOUTH

Registered charity 1174888 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Advance in life, and relieve needs of, young people via providing recreational activities in the interests of social welfare, designed to improve conditions of life; Providing support and activities which develop skills, capacities and capabilities to enable participation in society as mature and responsible individuals. The promotion of community participation in healthy recreation and sports.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£257k
Latest spending
£270k
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure for the year, reducing its total fund balances from £204,466 to £191,514. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves increased from £10,665 to £26,000, and the trustees confirmed adequate resources for the foreseeable future under the going concern basis.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — DAY (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Durham

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£257k£270k
31/03/2025£316k£268k
31/03/2024£309k£288k
31/03/2023£250k£217k
31/03/2022£144k£128k

Common questions

Is DURHAM AREA YOUTH financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure for the year, reducing its total fund balances from £204,466 to £191,514. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves increased from £10,665 to £26,000, and the trustees confirmed adequate resources for the foreseeable future under the going concern basis.

Who funds DURHAM AREA YOUTH?

Funders whose own accounts filings name DURHAM AREA YOUTH as a grant recipient include Point North Community Foundation, THE BALLINGER CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
Point North Community FoundationFY2023£32k
THE BALLINGER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£30k
THE BALLINGER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£20k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Community Foundation North East22/01/2026£5kGrant to Durham Area Youth
The National Lottery Community Fund21/08/2024£299kDurham Area Youth
The National Lottery Community Fund15/12/2021£221kOpportunity Knocks At Youth (OKAY)
Community Foundation North East13/03/2019£7kDurham Area Youth LDD (Learning difficulties and disabilities) Group
The National Lottery Community Fund23/01/2019£187kOpportunity Knocks At Youth (OKAY) Durham Area Youth

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
DURHAM AREA YOUTH£257k—0unclear—no doubt
PRIORITY YOUTH PROJECT FY2025£367k—0unclear—noted
WOLVERHAMPTON YOUTH ZONE FY2025£1.3m—0below—no doubt
WARRINGTON YOUTH ZONE LIMITED FY2025£2.3m——unclear—no doubt
COLNE YOUTH ACTION GROUP FY2025£215k—0unclear—no doubt
THE YOUTH SPORT UK CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£428k——unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.