Yorkshire Dry Stone Walling Guild

Analysis

Yorkshire Dry Stone Walling Guild is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Harrogate. It was registered in March 2023, 3 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Yorkshire Dry Stone Walling Guild reported income of £17k and spending of £19k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from September 2023 to September 2025, income grew from £10k to £17k (+69%), an average of +30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2024, when income rose by 90%. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Yorkshire Dry Stone Walling Guild sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cyfeillion Cadw Tremadog (£17k), Bradlaugh Fields and Barn (£17k) and Selby Abbey Trust (£17k).