The Royal Mint Museum

Analysis

The Royal Mint Museum is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Pontyclun. It was registered in November 2010, 16 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 07105875). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Royal Mint Museum reported income of £769k and spending of £699k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £977k to £769k (-21%), an average of -5.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 70% 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 Royal Mint Museum sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include London School of Mosaic (£769k), Vaughan Williams Foundation (£771k) and Society of Genealogists (£768k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 63%, donations and legacies 20%, charitable activities 12% and investments 1.7%. Charitable activities took 67% of spending and raising funds 29%. Reserves of £4.4m would cover about 73 months of spending at that rate.

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.