Ryedale Folk Museum

Analysis

Ryedale Folk Museum is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in York. It was registered in December 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Ryedale Folk Museum reported income of £354k and spending of £344k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income fell from £417k to £354k (-15%), an average of -4.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2022, when income dropped by 29%. 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, Ryedale Folk Museum sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Choysez (£353k), Somerset Film and Video Ltd (£356k) and Kayd Somali Arts and Culture (£353k).