Stewarts Burnby Hall Gardens and Museum Trust CIO

Analysis

Stewarts Burnby Hall Gardens and Museum Trust CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in York. It was registered in February 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, environment/conservation/heritage and recreation, 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.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Stewarts Burnby Hall Gardens and Museum Trust CIO reported income of £712k and spending of £616k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £535k to £712k (+33%), an average of +7.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 90% 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, Stewarts Burnby Hall Gardens and Museum Trust CIO sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Whitstable Castle Trust (£712k), The Spring Arts and Heritage Centre (£712k) and The Marchus Trust (£711k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 69%, trading 22%, investments 4.6% and donations and legacies 4.4%. Charitable activities took 90% of spending and raising funds 6.9%. Reserves of £305k would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 15 people.