Barnet Museum & Local History Society

Analysis

Barnet Museum & Local History Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Barnet. It was registered in September 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Barnet Museum & Local History Society reported income of £22k and spending of £22k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £16k to £22k (+37%), an average of +8.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 102% 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, Barnet Museum & Local History Society sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hook with Warsash C of E Academy PTFA (£22k), Youth Action Theatre (£22k) and Upwey and Broadwey World War Memorial and Thanksgiving Hall (£22k).