The Cater Museum

Analysis

The Cater Museum is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in January 2014, 12 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 08689748). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Cater Museum reported income of £25k and spending of £49k, spending 198% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £33k to £25k (-25%), an average of -7.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 140% 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 Cater Museum sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Portinscale Village Hall (£25k), Harberton Parish Hall (£25k) and Easingwold and District U3a (£25k).

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.