Verwood Museum Trust

Analysis

Verwood Museum Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorset. It was registered in February 1998, 28 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 buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Verwood Museum Trust reported income of £60k and spending of £66k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £48k to £60k (+25%), an average of +5.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 100% 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, Verwood Museum Trust 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 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chance for Children Trust (£60k), Palace Theatre Club (£60k) and Southend Boys' Choir and Southend Girls' Choir CIO (£59k).