Kielder Water and Forest Park Development Trust

Analysis

Kielder Water and Forest Park Development Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newcastle Upon Tyne. It was registered in December 2010, 16 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 07424020). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Kielder Water and Forest Park Development Trust reported income of £207k and spending of £230k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £338k to £207k (-39%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 92% 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, Kielder Water and Forest Park Development Trust 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 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Riot Ensemble (£207k), Art of the Puppet Limited (£207k) and Makebelieve Arts (£207k).