Woking Museum and Arts and Crafts Centre

Analysis

Woking Museum and Arts and Crafts Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Woking. It was registered in January 1999, 27 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 03598733). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Woking Museum and Arts and Crafts Centre reported income of £948k and spending of £855k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £983k to £948k (-3.6%), an average of -0.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 99% 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, Woking Museum and Arts and Crafts Centre sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Compton Verney Fund (£947k), Beaver Trust (£949k) and Iom3 Education and Outreach Trust (£947k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 88%, trading 8.8% and donations and legacies 2.3%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £1,500. Charitable activities took 81% of spending and raising funds 13%. Reserves of £570k would cover about 8 months of spending at that rate. It employed 18 people.