The Blandford Forum Museum, Heritage and Arts Trust

Analysis

The Blandford Forum Museum, Heritage and Arts Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Blandford Forum. It was registered in July 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, 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 services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Blandford Forum Museum, Heritage and Arts Trust reported income of £50k and spending of £39k, leaving 21% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £27k to £50k (+87%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 86%. Over the whole period it spent 87% 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, The Blandford Forum Museum, Heritage and Arts Trust sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Berwick Literary Festival (£50k), Ramsey Rural Museum CIO (£50k) and Rhodes Avenue Primary School Association (£50k).