Cynon Valley Museum Trust

Analysis

Cynon Valley Museum Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Aberdare. It was registered in April 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, 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 and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Cynon Valley Museum Trust reported income of £165k and spending of £170k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £243k to £165k (-32%), an average of -9.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 95%. Over the whole period it spent 103% 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, Cynon Valley Museum Trust sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Stroud and Rodborough Educational Charity (£165k), The Cheshire Federation of Womens Institutes (£165k) and Eurythmy UK Ltd (£164k).

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.