Armitt Library and Museum Centre

Analysis

Armitt Library and Museum Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ambleside. It was registered in April 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, 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 03153895). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Armitt Library and Museum Centre reported income of £162k and spending of £136k, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2020 to March 2025, income grew from £110k to £162k (+47%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 90% 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, Armitt Library and Museum Centre sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Stanley Picker Trust (£162k), Tangle (£162k) and Bristol Choral Society (£162k).