Arthur McDougall Fund

Analysis

Arthur McDougall Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Herefordshire. It was registered in December 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, environment/conservation/heritage and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides advocacy/advice/information, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Arthur McDougall Fund reported income of £35k and spending of £33k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £20k to £35k (+76%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 101%. Over the whole period it spent 194% 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, Arthur McDougall Fund sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Newbury Spring Festival (£35k), Kingswood Village Hall (£35k) and Dunvant Male Choir (£35k).