Combined Military Services Museum

Analysis

Combined Military Services Museum is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in October 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Combined Military Services Museum reported income of £81k and spending of £75k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £151k to £81k (-46%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income dropped by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Combined Military Services Museum sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Barnsley & District U3a (£81k), Syderstone Happy Faces Playgroup (£81k) and Huntingdon & Peterborough Federation of Women's Institutes (Charitable Incorporated Organisation) (£81k).