Saffron Walden Museum Society Limited

Analysis

Saffron Walden Museum Society Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Saffron Walden. It was registered in March 2008, 18 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 06469141). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Saffron Walden Museum Society Limited reported income of £136k and spending of £19k, leaving 86% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £67k to £136k (+104%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 218%. Over the whole period it spent 27% 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, Saffron Walden Museum Society Limited sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Desford Organisation Comprising of Desford Colliery Band, Desford Band, and Desford Brass Band Club (£136k), Epic Kidz (£136k) and Home Live Art Limited (£136k).