Scarborough Museums, Culture and Creative Trust

Analysis

Scarborough Museums, Culture and Creative Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in N Yorkshire. It was registered in October 2004, 22 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 05114387). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Scarborough Museums, Culture and Creative Trust reported income of £44k and spending of £4,079, leaving 91% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £795k to £44k (-95%), an average of -52% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income dropped by 95%. Over the whole period it spent 112% 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, Scarborough Museums, Culture and Creative Trust sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cheltenham Symphony Orchestra (£44k), Abbotts Ann War Memorial Hall (£44k) and Worthing Music and Arts Festival (£43k).