# THE DURAND CHARITABLE TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1105311
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Aug. 4, 2004
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1105311


## Contact

- **Address:** 139 MILDMAY ROAD, CHELMSFORD
- **Postcode:** CM2 0DT
- **Phone:** 01245262829
- **Email:** peter.burnett@ibblaw.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO EDUCATE AND ADVANCE THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE HISTORY OF UNDERGROUND WELFARE AND RELATED SUBTERRANEAN WORKS WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO MILITARY TUNNELLING AND MINING, UNDERGROUND MILITARY WORKS AND RELATED SUBSURFACE FEATURES AND OTHER UNDERGROUND SYSTEMS OF A SPECIAL HISTORIC OR ARCHAEOLOGICAL INTEREST.

**Activities:** The Charity's activities have been principally (but not exclusively) to give financial assistance by way of grants to The Durand Group, a voluntary group carrying out exploration work of the tunnels and shafts in and around the First World War battlefields in northern France and Belgium, and to ensure the dissemination of the results of that work to the general public.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED. IN PRCATICE ENGLAND, WALES, FRANCE AND BELGIUM




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Human Resources, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Belgium
- France
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £2264 | £60 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £4707 | £65 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £1302 | £6081 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £3356 | £96 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £1276 | £2009 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **NICHOLAS JOHN PRYOR** (Chair) — appointed Feb. 21, 2022
- ANDREW SARGENT HEMSLEY — appointed June 28, 2020
- Ian James Moores — appointed Feb. 10, 2026
- MICHAEL GEORGE HIBBERD — appointed Feb. 25, 2021
- PETER LINDSAY BURNETT — appointed Feb. 25, 2021