The Mary Rose Permanent Endowment Fund

Analysis

The Mary Rose Permanent Endowment Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hants. It was registered in July 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Mary Rose Permanent Endowment Fund reported income of £19k and spending of £101k, spending 536% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £12k to £19k (+64%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 81%. Over the whole period it spent 576% 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, The Mary Rose Permanent Endowment Fund sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include West Butterwick Village Hall (£19k), Tewkesbury Museum (£19k) and Ealing and District University of the Third Age (£19k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.