Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery Trust

Analysis

Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Carlisle. It was registered in August 2011, 15 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 07568957). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery Trust reported income of £6.2m and spending of £3.2m, leaving 48% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2.6m to £6.2m (+142%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 70%. Over the whole period it spent 72% 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, Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery Trust sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Zoological Society of East Anglia Limited (£6.2m), The London Library (£6.3m) and Yehudi Menuhin School Limited (£6.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 23%. Charitable activities took 78% of spending and raising funds 9.5%. Reserves of £450k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 62 people.