Friends of the Hitchin British Schools Museum

Analysis

Friends of the Hitchin British Schools Museum is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hitchin. It was registered in January 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides other finance and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Friends of the Hitchin British Schools Museum reported income of £12k and spending of £10k, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £22k to £12k (-45%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 102%. Over the whole period it spent 82% 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, Friends of the Hitchin British Schools Museum sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 22nd Gillingham Scout Group (£12k), Belvedere Singers (£12k) and The Sitwell Singers (£12k).