Herne Bay Museum Trust

Analysis

Herne Bay Museum Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in February 2015, 11 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 incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Herne Bay Museum Trust reported income of £52k and spending of £58k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £52k to £52k (+0.7%), an average of +0.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 105% 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, Herne Bay Museum Trust sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wight Aviation Museum (£52k), Hatfield Woodhouse Village Hall and Old Folks Centre (£52k) and Starmaker Theatre Company (£52k).

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.