Vale and Downland Beekeepers Association

Analysis

Vale and Downland Beekeepers Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxfordshire. It was registered in December 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, animals and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under animals. It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Vale and Downland Beekeepers Association reported income of £10k and spending of £11k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £5,461 to £10k (+87%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Vale and Downland Beekeepers Association sits at the 21st percentile: it is larger than about 21% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Leogen (£10k), The Limelight Foundation (£10k) and H.a.r.k & Animal Birth Control (£10k).