Nidd Valley Decorative and Fine Arts Society

Analysis

Nidd Valley Decorative and Fine Arts Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in North Yorkshire. It was registered in November 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Nidd Valley Decorative and Fine Arts Society reported income of £56k and spending of £52k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £8,656 to £56k (+544%), an average of +59% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 125%. Over the whole period it spent 92% 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, Nidd Valley Decorative and Fine Arts Society sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ilkley Concert Club (£56k), Heald Green Theatre Company (£56k) and Ashbourne and District U3a (£56k).