Senhouse Museum Trust

Analysis

Senhouse Museum Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Maryport. It was registered in October 2017, 9 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 provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Senhouse Museum Trust reported income of £131k and spending of £224k, spending 171% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £124k to £131k (+5.2%), an average of +1.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 108% 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, Senhouse 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 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Portsmouth Players (£131k), Agatha Christie Festival Limited (£131k) and The Idlewild Trust (£131k).

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.