The Museum Bridport Dorset

Analysis

The Museum Bridport Dorset is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bridport. It was registered in January 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, environment/conservation/heritage and recreation, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04348168). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Museum Bridport Dorset reported income of £97k and spending of £101k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £213k to £97k (-54%), an average of -18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 93% 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 Museum Bridport Dorset sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Neuadd Cwmllynfell Hall (£97k), Calder Valley Steiner Education Ltd. (£97k) and Community Recording Studio (£97k).

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.