Barnstaple and North Devon Museum Development Trust

Analysis

Barnstaple and North Devon Museum Development Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Barnstaple. It was registered in September 2014, 12 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 company (Companies House number 08760995). It says it makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2024, Barnstaple and North Devon Museum Development Trust reported income of £18k and spending of £2,268, leaving 88% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2024, income grew from £3,389 to £18k (+445%), an average of +76% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 347%. Over the whole period it spent 36% 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, Barnstaple and North Devon Museum Development Trust sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% 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 Hunton Parish Hall (£18k), Friends of St Matthew's Primary School (£18k) and Barrow Gurney Village Hall (£18k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue.