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Isle of Wight Bus & Coach Museum Limited

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1097347Isle Of WightEducation and training
Income£165k2025-12-31
Spending£162ksame year
Spent / received86%5-year average
Size in its cause82nd pctEducation and training
Registered2003Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Isle of Wight Bus & Coach Museum Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Isle Of Wight. It was registered in May 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04087762). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Isle of Wight Bus & Coach Museum Limited reported income of £165k and spending of £162k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £97k to £165k (+70%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Isle of Wight Bus & Coach Museum Limited sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Parallel Histories (£165k), Fraud Advisory Panel (£165k) and The Willows Pre-School, North Bradley (£165k).

Income and spending

£0£41k£83k£124k£165k2021 Income: £96,9002021 Spending: £78,01920212022 Income: £108,0102022 Spending: £79,81320222023 Income: £132,7272023 Spending: £110,05820232024 Income: £155,9022024 Spending: £138,64220242025 Income: £165,1442025 Spending: £161,8392025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The museum advances public education by establishing a permanent display of historic commercial and public carriage vehicles on The Isle of Wight.

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Parallel HistoriesHertfordshire£165k
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