Yorkshire Wolds Heritage Trust

Analysis

Yorkshire Wolds Heritage Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in York. It was registered in April 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides human resources, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending January 2025, Yorkshire Wolds Heritage Trust reported income of £16k and spending of £12k, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2021 to January 2025, income grew from £642 to £16k (+2464%), an average of +125% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2022, when income rose by 22915%. Over the whole period it spent 8.5% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Yorkshire Wolds Heritage Trust sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Inayatiyya Global (£16k), North Norfolk Festival of Performing Arts (£16k) and Spring Grove Fringe (£16k).