Torbay Museums Trust

Analysis

Torbay Museums Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Torquay. It was registered in August 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 02764633). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Torbay Museums Trust reported income of £484k and spending of £494k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £402k to £484k (+20%), an average of +4.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 88%. Over the whole period it spent 98% 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, Torbay Museums Trust sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Synergy Theatre Project (£484k), Vache Baroque (£485k) and Brixton Chamber Orchestra (£483k).