The Worcestershire Masonic Library and Museum Trust

Analysis

The Worcestershire Masonic Library and Museum Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Worcester. It was registered in October 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 trust. It says it provides advocacy/advice/information, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Worcestershire Masonic Library and Museum Trust reported income of £14k and spending of £17k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £15k to £14k (-1.9%), an average of -0.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 108% 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 Worcestershire Masonic Library and Museum Trust sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Colchester Nepalese Society (£14k), Buxton Festival Foundation (£14k) and Friends of the Leamington Art Gallery (£14k).