Octavia Hill Birthplace Museum Trust

Analysis

Octavia Hill Birthplace Museum Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridgeshire. It was registered in March 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02797996). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Octavia Hill Birthplace Museum Trust reported income of £28k and spending of £61k, spending 221% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £58k to £28k (-52%), an average of -17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 146%. Over the whole period it spent 238% 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, Octavia Hill Birthplace Museum Trust sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include African Caribbean Forum (£28k), War Memorial Library - Tiverton (£28k) and Birkenhead Choral Society (£28k).