Porthcawl Museum and Historical Society CIO

Analysis

Porthcawl Museum and Historical Society CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bridgend County Borough. It was registered in December 2017, 9 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 advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Porthcawl Museum and Historical Society CIO reported income of £36k and spending of £34k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £34k to £36k (+7.8%), an average of +1.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 92% 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, Porthcawl Museum and Historical Society CIO sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% 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 Tyldesley Little Theatre (£36k), Earl Soham Village Hall (£37k) and South Powys Youth Music (£36k).