Brighton Toy and Model Museum

Analysis

Brighton Toy and Model Museum is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Brighton. It was registered in January 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02564153). It says it sponsors or undertakes research and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Brighton Toy and Model Museum reported income of £331k and spending of £407k, spending 123% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £245k to £331k (+35%), an average of +7.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Brighton Toy and Model Museum sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Contains Art CIO (£330k), Bretforton Theatre (£331k) and Fluxus Art Projects (£330k).