Yorkshire Naturalists Union

Analysis

Yorkshire Naturalists Union is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in York. It was registered in January 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it provides human resources and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Yorkshire Naturalists Union reported income of £30k and spending of £35k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £61k to £30k (-51%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Yorkshire Naturalists Union sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Friends of Morston Church (£30k), Withymoor Island Trust Limited (£30k) and Cowbridge Physic Garden Trust Limited (£30k).