Ripon Museum Trust

Analysis

Ripon Museum Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ripon. It was registered in April 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07465640). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Ripon Museum Trust reported income of £819k and spending of £653k, leaving 20% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2020 to March 2025, income grew from £382k to £819k (+114%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 79%. Over the whole period it spent 89% 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, Ripon Museum Trust 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 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Arts Emergency Service (£818k), Gorse Hill Studios Creative Community (£819k) and Readipop (£818k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 68%, trading 31% and investments 1.0%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £237k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 8 people.