Thackray Medical Museum Company Limited

Analysis

Thackray Medical Museum Company Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Yorkshire. It was registered in January 1993, 33 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 02772412). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Thackray Medical Museum Company Limited reported income of £1.8m and spending of £2.4m, spending 130% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2020 to March 2025, income fell from £2.1m to £1.8m (-11%), an average of -3.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 112% 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, Thackray Medical Museum Company Limited sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Alnwick District Playhouse Trust (£1.8m), National Justice Museum (£1.8m) and Tender Education and Arts (£1.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 52%, trading 29% and donations and legacies 18%. Charitable activities took 91% of spending and raising funds 8.4%. Reserves of £78k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 48 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.