Ware Museum CIO

Analysis

Ware Museum CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertfordshire. It was registered in February 2019, 7 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 and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Ware Museum CIO reported income of £29k and spending of £59k, spending 206% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £28k to £29k (+2.5%), an average of +0.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 95%. Over the whole period it spent 139% 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, Ware Museum CIO sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Austwick Parish Hall (£29k), Abingdon Drama Club (£29k) and London Metropolitan Brass (£29k).

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.