North Yorkshire and South Durham Decorative and Fine Arts Society

Analysis

North Yorkshire and South Durham Decorative and Fine Arts Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cleveland. It was registered in October 1981, 45 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending July 2025, North Yorkshire and South Durham Decorative and Fine Arts Society reported income of £11k and spending of £12k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £9,650 to £11k (+14%), an average of +3.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2025, when income dropped by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 107% 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, North Yorkshire and South Durham Decorative and Fine Arts Society sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bricket Wood Station Heritage Trust (£11k), The British Croatian Society (£11k) and The Hearsum Collection (£11k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.