Gainsborough and District Heritage Association

Analysis

Gainsborough and District Heritage Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lincolnshire. It was registered in September 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, arts/culture/heritage/science, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides human resources, provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Gainsborough and District Heritage Association reported income of £21k and spending of £15k, leaving 30% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £25k to £21k (-16%), an average of -4.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 110% 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, Gainsborough and District Heritage Association sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Barry Amiel and Norman Melburn Trust (£21k), Ley Hill War Memorial Institute (£21k) and Breinton Recital Society (£21k).