D&s Productions

Analysis

D&s Productions is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chester. It was registered in March 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, D&s Productions reported income of £16k and spending of £26k, spending 164% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £33k to £16k (-52%), an average of -17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 133% 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, D&s Productions sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Plymouth City Brass (£16k), Friends of the Braintree District Museum and Heritage Trust (£16k) and William Mackrell (The Elder and Younger) (£16k).

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.