The Dronfield Heritage Trust

Analysis

The Dronfield Heritage Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dronfield. It was registered in September 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06299935). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Dronfield Heritage Trust reported income of £316k and spending of £219k, leaving 31% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £237k to £316k (+33%), an average of +7.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 105%. Over the whole period it spent 89% 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 Dronfield Heritage Trust sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Company of Others (£316k), Bingley Little Theatre (£318k) and Putney Arts Theatre (£316k).