Sittingbourne Heritage Museum

Analysis

Sittingbourne Heritage Museum is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in July 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Sittingbourne Heritage Museum reported income of £10k and spending of £15k, spending 141% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £90k to £10k (-88%), an average of -42% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 171%. Over the whole period it spent 68% 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, Sittingbourne Heritage Museum sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 33% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Peter Scott Gallery Charitable Trust (£10k), Widford Village Hall (£10k) and Hathersage C of E School Parent Teacher Association (£10k).

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.