Wakefield Civic Society

Analysis

Wakefield Civic Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Yorkshire. It was registered in August 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Wakefield Civic Society reported income of £18k and spending of £17k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £9,718 to £18k (+90%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 123%. Over the whole period it spent 87% 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, Wakefield Civic Society sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of St Matthew's Primary School (£18k), Friends of Pontardawe Arts Centre (£18k) and Barnstaple and North Devon Museum Development Trust (£18k).