Bow Street Police Museum

Analysis

Bow Street Police Museum is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Bow Street Police Museum reported income of £102k and spending of £137k, spending 134% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from April 2022 to September 2025, income grew from £55k to £102k (+85%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 128% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Bow Street Police Museum sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 4th Ewell (Nonsuch) Scout Group (£102k), Scallywags Parent Partnership Nursery (£102k) and The Hendreds Preschool (£102k).

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.