Beeston and District Civic Society

Analysis

Beeston and District Civic Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nottingham. It was registered in May 1974, 52 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides human resources, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Beeston and District Civic Society reported income of £25k and spending of £20k, leaving 20% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £1,335 to £25k (+1798%), an average of +109% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 388%. Over the whole period it spent 93% 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, Beeston and District Civic Society sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of St Laurence Church Blackmore (£25k), Eastbourne Silver Band (£25k) and Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Trust (£25k).