Orford Museum CIO

Analysis

Orford Museum CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Woodbridge. It was registered in June 2019, 7 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 provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Orford Museum CIO reported income of £33k and spending of £33k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £17k to £33k (+93%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 190%. Over the whole period it spent 142% 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, Orford Museum CIO sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Vasari Singers (£33k), Cambridge Korean School (£33k) and The Vox Musica Trust (£33k).

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.