Wharfedale Naturalists Society

Analysis

Wharfedale Naturalists Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Yorkshire. It was registered in November 1979, 47 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending February 2026, Wharfedale Naturalists Society reported income of £14k and spending of £13k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2022 to February 2026, income grew from £11k to £14k (+37%), an average of +8.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2023, when income rose by 69%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Wharfedale Naturalists Society sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Staffordshire Branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England (£14k), The Friends of St Giles Codicote (£14k) and Rolleston Civic Trust (£14k).