Tanfield Lea and District Community Association

Analysis

Tanfield Lea and District Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in County Durham. It was registered in January 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Tanfield Lea and District Community Association reported income of £27k and spending of £26k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £39k to £27k (-32%), an average of -9.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 95% 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, Tanfield Lea and District Community Association sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Theatre Lab Company (£27k), Association for Suffolk Museums (£27k) and Friends of Coltishall Primary School (£27k).