Northumberland and Tyneside Bird Club

Analysis

Northumberland and Tyneside Bird Club is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Prudhoe. It was registered in May 1986, 40 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 June 2025, Northumberland and Tyneside Bird Club reported income of £11k and spending of £15k, spending 137% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £9,617 to £11k (+12%), an average of +2.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 129% 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, Northumberland and Tyneside Bird Club sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 33% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Volk's Electric Railway Association (£11k), Chalford Band (£11k) and Avonbank (Evesham) Brass Band (£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.