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The Bailiffgate Museum and Gallery

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1127149NorthumberlandArts, culture, heritage and science
Income£365k2025-03-31
Spending£399ksame year
Spent / received103%5-year average
Size in its cause90th pctArts, culture, heritage and science
Registered2008Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

The Bailiffgate Museum and Gallery is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Northumberland. It was registered in December 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 06615281). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Bailiffgate Museum and Gallery reported income of £365k and spending of £399k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £161k to £365k (+127%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 74%. Over the whole period it spent 103% 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 Bailiffgate Museum and Gallery sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Discerning Eye Ltd (£365k), New Contemporaries (1988) Limited (£366k) and Headway Arts (£365k).

Income and spending

£0£100k£199k£299k£399k2021 Income: £160,9292021 Spending: £130,84320212022 Income: £144,8472022 Spending: £166,71720222023 Income: £228,8032023 Spending: £254,65420232024 Income: £209,5582024 Spending: £192,10920242025 Income: £365,1632025 Spending: £398,5932025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

To preserve, record and make accessible the history of Alnwick Town and District and to showcase the work of local and national artists within a vibrant, stimulating and aesthetically pleasing environment for the benefit of the community.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
The Discerning Eye LtdEsher£365k
New Contemporaries (1988) LimitedLondon£366k
Headway ArtsBlyth£365k
British Glass FoundationWest Midlands£366k