The British Vintage Wireless and Television Museum

Analysis

The British Vintage Wireless and Television Museum is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Devizes. It was registered in September 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides advocacy/advice/information, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The British Vintage Wireless and Television Museum reported income of £16k and spending of £58k, spending 368% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £394k to £16k (-96%), an average of -55% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 98%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The British Vintage Wireless and Television Museum sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cranmore Parents Association (£16k), Glebelands School (Cranleigh) Educational Trust (£16k) and St Bartholomew's School Parents' Association (£16k).