The Keighley Bus Museum Trust Limited

Analysis

The Keighley Bus Museum Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Keighley. It was registered in January 1997, 29 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 company (Companies House number 02738413). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending July 2025, The Keighley Bus Museum Trust Limited reported income of £92k and spending of £82k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £70k to £92k (+30%), an average of +6.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 86% 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 Keighley Bus Museum Trust Limited sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Odiham District U3a (£92k), The Worshipful Company of Carmen St Dunstan Heritage Trust (£92k) and Fantasia Orchestra (£92k).