Weymouth Museum Trust

Analysis

Weymouth Museum Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorset. It was registered in September 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 07435561). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Weymouth Museum Trust reported income of £110k and spending of £101k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from November 2021 to March 2026, income grew from £33k to £110k (+234%), an average of +35% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 343%. Over the whole period it spent 98% 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, Weymouth Museum Trust sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include West Wittering Memorial Hall (£110k), Marshland St James & District Community & Sports Centre (£110k) and The Mayfield Valley Arts Trust (£110k).