The Portsmouth D-Day Museum Trust

Analysis

The Portsmouth D-Day Museum Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Portsmouth. It was registered in May 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 other finance, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Portsmouth D-Day Museum Trust reported income of £55k and spending of £50k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £13k to £55k (+316%), an average of +43% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 270%. Over the whole period it spent 152% 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 Portsmouth D-Day Museum Trust sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bawtry Amateur Dramatic Society (£55k), The German History Society (£55k) and Taunton Thespians (£55k).