I visit Sherburn regularly and find "fit for my purpose".
It is somewhere to land, reasonable cost - landing fee and /or fuel, runways OK, open some evenings for after work flying in summer, reasonable food at a reasonable price. The front desk and re-fuelers are friendly and the toilets are clean.
The natives can be a bit stand offish but that is the way of most clubs.
I enjoy going to Sherburn and will continue to do so
IMHO when clubs stop being social with some training and try to be commercial training schools without the professional commercial expertise and backing but run by a committee of volunteers (usually well meaning but often self centered) they are doomed. A flying club is for FUN not PROFIT and yes it does cost money to be a private flyer.
That is why I am not a member of a club, I want to be able to fly and not get involved in politics, there is enough of that at work.