St Albans Museums and Galleries Trust

Analysis

St Albans Museums and Galleries Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertfordshire. It was registered in January 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending March 2025, St Albans Museums and Galleries Trust reported income of £11k and spending of £1,804, leaving 83% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £4,179 to £11k (+156%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 104%. Over the whole period it spent 224% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, St Albans Museums and Galleries Trust sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Westley Vale Millennium Green Trust (£11k), Endon Well Dressing Festival Charity (£11k) and Richmond and District Beekeepers Association (£11k).