The Steyning Museum Trust

Analysis

The Steyning Museum Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Steyning. It was registered in October 2016, 10 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 provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Steyning Museum Trust reported income of £143k and spending of £31k, leaving 78% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £172k to £143k (-17%), an average of -4.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 193%. Over the whole period it spent 23% 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, The Steyning Museum Trust sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dean Forest Railway Society (£143k), Opera Prelude (£143k) and Burnley Civic Trust (£143k).