Prittlewell Priory Museum

Analysis

Prittlewell Priory Museum is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in October 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Prittlewell Priory Museum reported income of £124k and spending of £272k, spending 219% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £117k to £124k (+5.6%), an average of +1.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 221% 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, Prittlewell Priory Museum sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mitraseva (£124k), New Mills Art Theatre Limited (£124k) and New Haw & Woodham Community Association (£124k).

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.