Barnsley Museums and Heritage Trust

Analysis

Barnsley Museums and Heritage Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Barnsley. It was registered in November 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and 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 makes grants to organisations and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Barnsley Museums and Heritage Trust reported income of £127k and spending of £141k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £192k to £127k (-34%), an average of -9.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 83% 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, Barnsley Museums and Heritage Trust sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Compton Verney Collection Settlement (£127k), Cylch Meithrin y Gelli (£127k) and The Colman Institute (£127k).