Upper Teesdale Agricultural Support Services

Analysis

Upper Teesdale Agricultural Support Services is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Co Durham. It was registered in July 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06054331). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Upper Teesdale Agricultural Support Services reported income of £644k and spending of £589k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £382k to £644k (+69%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 105%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Upper Teesdale Agricultural Support Services sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cave Rescue Organisation (£644k), The Chelsea Centre Ltd (£644k) and Duchy of Lancaster Benevolent Fund (£643k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 58%, donations and legacies 38% and investments 3.7%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £50k. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £270k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 20 people.