The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Yorkshire Dales Society

Registered charity 515384 Registered since 1984

Operates: Cumbria, Lancashire, North Yorkshire

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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

2.3y median 2y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
11.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (2)

9
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 9General Charitable Purposes 1Religious Activities 1

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

Health and social care 9Education 2Other services 2

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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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£156k latest income

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.friendsofthedales.org.uk
Emailmatthew.pollitt@friendsofthedales.org.uk
Phone01756749400
AddressFriends of the Dales, Canal Wharf, Eshton Road, Gargrave, Skipton, BD23 3PN

Finances

£156,074 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£101,816£79,659
2022£221,011£95,930
2023£53,070£123,576
2024£73,875£142,983
2025£156,074£136,063

What it does

What

Education/trainingEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Advocacy/advice/informationOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (‘OBJECTS’) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING: 1. TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION OF THE LANDSCAPE, BIODIVERSITY AND CULTURAL HERITAGE OF THE YORKSHIRE DALES NATIONAL PARK AND ADJACENT AREAS, AND THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC WELL-BEING OF ITS LOCAL COMMUNITIES; AND TO ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO ENGAGE WITH, UNDERSTAND, ENJOY AND PROTECT THESE AREAS. 2. IN PURSUANCE OF THE ABOVE, TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 7 JUNE 1984. AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 15 MARCH 1997 AS AMENDED ON 26 SEP 2015AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 12 OCT 2015

Trustees (10)

10trustees
60median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Yorkshire Dales Society(the) · 01822908 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 07/06/1984

3 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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