The Daniel Adamson Preservation Society

Analysis

The Daniel Adamson Preservation Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in July 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05088619). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Daniel Adamson Preservation Society reported income of £235k and spending of £249k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £347k to £235k (-32%), an average of -9.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 62%. Over the whole period it spent 112% 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 Daniel Adamson Preservation Society sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Northern Print Studio Limited (£235k), The Warminster Athenaeum Trust (£236k) and The Friends of the Ceredigion Museum (£235k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.