Friends and Patrons of Buckinghamshire County Museum

Analysis

Friends and Patrons of Buckinghamshire County Museum is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Buckinghamshire. It was registered in November 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. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Friends and Patrons of Buckinghamshire County Museum reported income of £18k and spending of £26k, spending 146% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £36k to £18k (-50%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 148% 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, Friends and Patrons of Buckinghamshire County Museum 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 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hoylandswaine School Alliance (£18k), The Secret Ww2 Learning Network (£18k) and Todmorden Choral Society (£18k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.