The Museum of the Broads

Analysis

The Museum of the Broads is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norwich. It was registered in April 1994, 32 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 company (Companies House number 02917725). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Museum of the Broads reported income of £111k and spending of £118k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £76k to £111k (+46%), an average of +9.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 93% 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, The Museum of the Broads sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cowplain Activity Centre Association (£110k), Alice Croft House (£111k) and Didsbury Parsonage Trust (£110k).