The Friends of the Ancient Monuments and Museum of Winchelsea

Analysis

The Friends of the Ancient Monuments and Museum of Winchelsea is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Sussex. It was registered in January 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Friends of the Ancient Monuments and Museum of Winchelsea reported income of £23k and spending of £21k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £4,514 to £23k (+407%), an average of +50% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 180%. Over the whole period it spent 63% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Friends of the Ancient Monuments and Museum of Winchelsea sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Women's Institute - Hill Park (£23k), Friends of Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park (£23k) and Quy Poor's or Common Fen (£23k).