EAST DURHAM COMMUNITY INITIATIVES LTD

Registered charity 701917 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SEAHAM AND DISTRICT ADULT TRAINING TRUST LTD, SEAHAM AND DISTRICT TRAINING TRUST LTD

Reducing social exclusion by operating community projects to reduce unemployment through training. Alleviate hardship and provide support to young homeless and in need.

Objects

TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE IN THE EAST DURHAM REGION FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY AND RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: Education/training · Accommodation/housing · Economic/community Development/employment · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity has achieved greater financial security and moved from a period of uncertainty to expansion, with unrestricted reserves currently meeting the stated policy target of three months' operating costs. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention that would prevent a proper understanding of the accounts.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Reported reserves equal ~4.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Deborah Finkel
• Kevin Jeffress
• William Finkle

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

Operates in: Durham

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with EAST DURHAM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST LTD.

• EAST DURHAM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST LTD income £1.7m
• ACCESS COMMUNITY TRUST income £5.9m
• RESPONSE COMMUNITY PROJECTS (EARLS COURT) LIMITED income £112k
• COMMUNITY AGAINST POVERTY FOUNDATION income £352k
• DURHAM AREA YOUTH income £257k
• INDEPENDENCE INITIATIVE LIMITED income £402k

Side by side with its peers

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