The Ilfracombe Museum Trust CIO

Analysis

The Ilfracombe Museum Trust CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ilfracombe. It was registered in November 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, 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 acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Ilfracombe Museum Trust CIO reported income of £38k and spending of £48k, spending 127% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £43k to £38k (-12%), an average of -3.1% a year. Over the whole period it spent 138% 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 Ilfracombe Museum Trust CIO sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Jazz Centre (UK) (£38k), U3a - Wonersh (£38k) and British Society for the History of Philosophy (£38k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.