Upper Teesdale Community Association

Analysis

Upper Teesdale Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in County Durham. It was registered in August 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 09351388). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Upper Teesdale Community Association reported income of £378k and spending of £176k, leaving 53% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £16k to £378k (+2210%), an average of +119% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 3675%. Over the whole period it spent 51% 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, Upper Teesdale Community Association sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Leigh Building Preservation Trust Limited (£377k), Bridgwater Guy Fawkes Carnival Limited (£378k) and Todmorden Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society (£377k).