DRY STONE WALLING ASSOCIATION OF GREAT BRITAIN

Registered charity 289678 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as D S W A

THE DRY STONE WALLING ASSOCIATION WORKS TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE CRAFT AND HERITAGE OF DRY STONE WALLING FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT. IT PRODUCES A RANGE OF PUBLICATIONS AND OFFERS TRAINING AND AN ACCREDITED CERTIFICATION SCHEME FOR THOSE WISHING TO GAIN QUALIFICATIONS IN THE CRAFT IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN AND RETAIN THE IMPORTANT LANDSCAPE HERITAGE FEATURES OF DRY STONE WALLS.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£373k
Latest spending
£386k
Registered
1987
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds decreased by £13,408 during the year, primarily due to expenditure on restricted funds for legacy projects. The charity maintains a reserves policy targeting £100,000 to cover general running costs, with unrestricted funds held at £366,367. The trustees confirm that sufficient resources are available to meet obligations in adverse conditions.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£373k£386k
31/08/2024£321k£302k
31/08/2023£345k£297k
31/08/2022£241k£227k
31/08/2021£280k£170k

Common questions

Is DRY STONE WALLING ASSOCIATION OF GREAT BRITAIN financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds decreased by £13,408 during the year, primarily due to expenditure on restricted funds for legacy projects. The charity maintains a reserves policy targeting £100,000 to cover general running costs, with unrestricted funds held at £366,367. The trustees confirm that sufficient resources are available to meet obligations in adverse conditions. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government21/06/2021£10kGRCF2021: TRADITIONAL BOUNDARIES RURAL SKILLS HUB 2
UK government21/06/2021£50kGRCF2021: TRADITIONAL BOUNDARIES RURAL SKILLS HUB 2
UK government21/06/2021£40kGRCF2021: TRADITIONAL BOUNDARIES RURAL SKILLS HUB 2
The National Lottery Heritage Fund03/08/2020£39k"COVID-19 DRY STONE WALLING ASSOCIATION"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund20/02/2017£184k"Dry Stone Walling Association National Training bursary project"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund10/12/2013£229k"Dry Stone Walling Association built landscape heritage education and training project"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund24/08/2010£50k"Tipping Hill Wood Dry Stone Walling"
The National Lottery Community Fund22/06/2006£4kTraining Events on Dry Stone Walls

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE MASONS COMPANY CRAFT FUND.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
DRY STONE WALLING ASSOCIATION OF GREAT BRITAIN£373k0unclearno doubt
THE MASONS COMPANY CRAFT FUND FY2023£124k0unclearno doubt
STONELEIGH ABBEY LIMITED FY2024£568k0unclearno doubt
WORLD MONUMENTS FUND BRITAIN LIMITED FY2025£3.0maboveno doubt
THE HISTORIC ENGLAND FOUNDATION FY2025£361k0unclearno doubt
THE CRESWELL HERITAGE TRUST FY2025£1.2mUnder £60,0000belowno doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.