Axminster Heritage Limited

Analysis

Axminster Heritage Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Axminster. It was registered in April 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 00536558). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending February 2025, Axminster Heritage Limited reported income of £35k and spending of £127k, spending 367% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to February 2025, income fell from £95k to £35k (-64%), an average of -22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2023, when income dropped by 68%. Over the whole period it spent 150% 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, Axminster Heritage Limited sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Croydon Philharmonic Society (£35k), Bedfordshire Orchestral Society (£35k) and Educa Foundation (£35k).