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Registered charity · Cumbria

DRY Stone Walling Association of Great Britain

DRY Stone Walling Association of Great Britain is a registered charity (number 289678) based in Cumbria, governed by 10 trustees and chaired by Paul Clayton since 2024. Latest income £373k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

Also known as D S W A (Charity Commission)

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £373k (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland
Website
www.dswa.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1987

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£373k£386k
  • 2024£321k£302k
  • 2023£345k£297k
Earlier years
  • 2022£241k£227k
  • 2021£280k£170k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 13%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE CRAFT AND HERITAGE OF DRY STONE WALLING FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.

Grants received

8 grants · £605,079 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £501,100 (4 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £89,730 (2 grants)
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £9,970
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £4,279

Most recent

  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £9,9702021-06-21
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £39,8802021-06-21
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £49,8502021-06-21
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £38,6002020-08-03
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £183,8002017-02-20
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

10 trustees on the board

2.1y median 2y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
3.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

1
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 10Environment/conservation/heritage 10General Charitable Purposes 10

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Arts and leisure 2Other services 1

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£373k latest income

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
289678
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 28/03/1987AS AMENDED ON 02/09/1989AS AMENDED ON 19/10/1991AS AMENDED ON 16/10/1993AS AMENDED ON 30/11/1996AS AMENDED ON 27/11/1999AS AMENDED ON 26/11/2011AS AMENDED ON 04 MAR 2017 as amended on 13 Jun 2026
Contact on the register
01539567953 · information@dswa.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
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