Bexhill Museum
Analysis
Bexhill Museum is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bexhill-on-Sea. It was registered in March 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04959445). It says it other charitable activities.
In the financial year ending March 2025, Bexhill Museum reported income of £322k and spending of £167k, leaving 48% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £124k to £322k (+160%), an average of +27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 191%. Over the whole period it spent 80% 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, Bexhill Museum sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Unanima Theatre (£321k), Media Archive of Central England Limited (£322k) and Poulton-Le-Fylde Community Hall (£321k).
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
The object of the charity is to provide a museum in order to promote, maintain, improve and advance the education of the public for their benefit particularly by the presentation of exhibitions, lectures and other means of study relating to local history, natural history, archaeology, history of costume, technology, engineering, the arts, ethnography, geology and social history.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Unanima Theatre | Leeming St | £321k |
| Media Archive of Central England Limited | Lincoln | £322k |
| Poulton-Le-Fylde Community Hall | Lancashire | £321k |
| York Cemetery Trust | North Yorkshire | £322k |