The Towcester Museum

Analysis

The Towcester Museum is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Northamptonshire. It was registered in September 2007, 19 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 06322344). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Towcester Museum reported income of £36k and spending of £38k, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £49k to £36k (-28%), an average of -7.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income dropped by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 107% 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, The Towcester Museum sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% 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 Culmington Village Hall (£36k), Bournemouth Bach Choir (£36k) and University of the Third Age Leeds (£36k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.