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Prickwillow Engine Museum CIO

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1185003ElyArts, culture, heritage and science
Income£25k2025-12-31
Spending£22ksame year
Spent / received86%5-year average
Size in its cause55th pctArts, culture, heritage and science
Registered2019CIO
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Prickwillow Engine Museum CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ely. It was registered in August 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 buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Prickwillow Engine Museum CIO reported income of £25k and spending of £22k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £34k to £25k (-28%), an average of -7.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 86% 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, Prickwillow Engine Museum CIO sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Flat Pack Music (£25k), Easingwold and District U3a (£25k) and Berkhamsted Theatre Company (£25k).

Income and spending

£0£8,588£17k£26k£34k2021 Income: £34,3502021 Spending: £25,70920212022 Income: £26,4132022 Spending: £24,68620222023 Income: £26,9242023 Spending: £28,44320232024 Income: £29,0062024 Spending: £21,59020242025 Income: £24,8022025 Spending: £21,5672025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Engine Museum telling story of Fenland Drainage and the local social history

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Flat Pack MusicRochdale£25k
Easingwold and District U3aYork£25k
Berkhamsted Theatre CompanyHertfordshire£25k
Portinscale Village HallKeswick£25k