Wolsingham and Wear Valley Agricultural Society

Analysis

Wolsingham and Wear Valley Agricultural Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in County Durham. It was registered in August 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, animals and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03968279). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Wolsingham and Wear Valley Agricultural Society reported income of £481k and spending of £316k, leaving 34% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £324k to £481k (+48%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2022, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 70% 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, Wolsingham and Wear Valley Agricultural Society sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Alliance Francaise de Manchester (£480k), Impressions Gallery of Photography Limited (£481k) and One in a Million (Sports) (£480k).