The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre

Analysis

The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Buckinghamshire. It was registered in March 2001, 25 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 04178505). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre reported income of £1.0m and spending of £1.3m, spending 128% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £875k to £1.0m (+20%), an average of +4.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 1001%. Over the whole period it spent 41% 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 Roald Dahl Museum and Story 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 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Raw Material Music and Media Education Limited (£1.0m), Gwasanaeth Cerdd Ysgolion Gwynedd a Môn (£1.0m) and Jermyn Street Theatre (£1.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 44%, charitable activities 36%, trading 15% and donations and legacies 5.3%. Charitable activities took 87% of spending and raising funds 11%. Reserves of £12.9m would cover about 113 months of spending at that rate. It employed 34 people.