The Dales Special School Fund

Analysis

The Dales Special School Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Northumberland. It was registered in April 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Dales Special School Fund reported income of £41k and spending of £9,353, leaving 77% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2022 to December 2025, income grew from £17k to £41k (+138%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2023, when income rose by 193%. Over the whole period it spent 78% 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, The Dales Special School Fund sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Archif Menywod Cymru / Women's Archive of Wales (£41k), Bristol Photographic Society (£41k) and The British Double Reed Society (£41k).