Harrogate and Ripon Beekeepers' Association

Analysis

Harrogate and Ripon Beekeepers' Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Yorkshire. It was registered in November 1973, 53 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, animals and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under animals. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Harrogate and Ripon Beekeepers' Association reported income of £16k and spending of £15k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £24k to £16k (-33%), an average of -9.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income dropped by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Harrogate and Ripon Beekeepers' Association sits at the 26th percentile: it is larger than about 26% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Compassionate Paws International (£16k), Three Owls Bird Sanctuary and Reserve (£16k) and Watermill Broad Nature Reserve (£16k).