The Fordingbridge Museum Trust

Analysis

The Fordingbridge Museum Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Fordingbridge. It was registered in November 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Fordingbridge Museum Trust reported income of £15k and spending of £20k, spending 132% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £10k to £15k (+52%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 237%. Over the whole period it spent 97% 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 Fordingbridge Museum Trust sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Shrewsbury Orchestral Society (£15k), The European Academy of Coptic Heritage (Teach) (£15k) and Incantata Ladies' Choir (£15k).