The Fortress Study Group

Analysis

The Fortress Study Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in York. It was registered in April 2021, 5 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and 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 makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Fortress Study Group reported income of £21k and spending of £24k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2025, income fell from £71k to £21k (-70%), an average of -33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 65%. 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, The Fortress Study Group sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Croydon Male Voice Choir (£21k), Artstrail Studios (£21k) and Bradfordians Dramatic Society (£21k).