Scarborough Maritime Heritage Centre Company Limited

Analysis

Scarborough Maritime Heritage Centre Company Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in North Yorkshire. It was registered in November 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 06755717). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending November 2025, Scarborough Maritime Heritage Centre Company Limited reported income of £10k and spending of £11k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from November 2021 to November 2025, income fell from £20k to £10k (-50%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to November 2022, when income rose by 64%. 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, Scarborough Maritime Heritage Centre Company Limited sits at the 32nd percentile: it is larger than about 32% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 31st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The David and Helen Lowe Charitable Trust (£10k), Williamson Children's Trust (£10k) and The Ury Charitable Trust (£10k).