Wallingford Museum

Analysis

Wallingford Museum is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wallingford. It was registered in March 2006, 20 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 05597310). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending November 2025, Wallingford Museum reported income of £31k and spending of £11k, leaving 65% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from November 2021 to November 2025, income grew from £20k to £31k (+56%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to November 2022, when income rose by 248%. Over the whole period it spent 52% 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, Wallingford Museum sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include No's 1 and 2 Paddock Studios Paddock Lane Lewes East Sussex (£31k), Sevenoaks Symphony Orchestra (£31k) and Lady Emily Community Hall (£31k).