Vale and Downland Museum (Wantage)

Analysis

Vale and Downland Museum (Wantage) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wantage. It was registered in November 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06700294). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Vale and Downland Museum (Wantage) reported income of £228k and spending of £222k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £138k to £228k (+66%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Vale and Downland Museum (Wantage) sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cleethorpes Childcare (£228k), Melrose Pre-School Playgroup (£228k) and North West Young Peoples Development Trust (£228k).