Ely Museum CIO

Analysis

Ely Museum CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridgeshire. It was registered in March 2014, 12 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 incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Ely Museum CIO reported income of £236k and spending of £559k, spending 237% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £236k to £236k (+0.1%), an average of +0.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 170% 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, Ely Museum CIO sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Reach Up Youth (£236k), Norfolk and Norwich Operatic Society (£236k) and Droitwich Theatre and Arts Club Limited (£236k).

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.