The Weald & Downland Open Air Museum Endowment Trust

Analysis

The Weald & Downland Open Air Museum Endowment Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chichester. It was registered in February 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Weald & Downland Open Air Museum Endowment Trust reported income of £50k and spending of £232k, spending 459% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £15k to £50k (+233%), an average of +35% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 3394%. Over the whole period it spent 40% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Weald & Downland Open Air Museum Endowment Trust sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Atova International (£50k), The Eversholt Village Hall and Recreation Ground Charity (£50k) and Sustainable Chipping Norton (£50k).