Sherborne Museum

Analysis

Sherborne Museum is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sherborne. It was registered in January 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Sherborne Museum reported income of £62k and spending of £76k, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £18k to £62k (+249%), an average of +37% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 107%. Over the whole period it spent 145% 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, Sherborne Museum sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hellifield Institute (£62k), The Weardale Railway Trust (£62k) and New London Orchestra Limited (£62k).

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.