Friends of the Trowbridge Museum

Analysis

Friends of the Trowbridge Museum is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wiltshire. It was registered in April 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Friends of the Trowbridge Museum reported income of £12k and spending of £701, leaving 94% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £1,506 to £12k (+680%), an average of +67% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 957%. Over the whole period it spent 180% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Friends of the Trowbridge Museum sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Worcestershire and Districts Change Ringing Association Belfry Repairs Fund (£12k), Hertfordshire and Middlesex Bat Group (£12k) and The West Midlands Passenger Transport Educational Trust (£12k).