Aldeburgh Museum Charitable Trust

Analysis

Aldeburgh Museum Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Suffolk. It was registered in April 2016, 10 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, provides services and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Aldeburgh Museum Charitable Trust reported income of £43k and spending of £43k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £85k to £43k (-50%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 87% 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, Aldeburgh Museum Charitable Trust sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Oswestry University of the Third Age (£43k), The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers Museum (Royal Warwickshire) (£43k) and Il Circolo Italian Cultural Association Limited (£43k).