Carpet Museum Trust

Analysis

Carpet Museum Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kidderminster. It was registered in September 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 sponsors or undertakes research and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Carpet Museum Trust reported income of £98k and spending of £89k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £121k to £98k (-19%), an average of -5.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 100% 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, Carpet Museum Trust sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gothic Opera (£97k), Wye Village Hall and Recreation Ground Charity (£98k) and Knaresborough Players Limited (£97k).