Cranbrook Museum and Local History CIO

Analysis

Cranbrook Museum and Local History CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cranbrook. It was registered in January 2021, 5 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, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Cranbrook Museum and Local History CIO reported income of £16k and spending of £16k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2022 to December 2025, income fell from £39k to £16k (-59%), an average of -20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 65%. Over the whole period it spent 71% 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, Cranbrook Museum and Local History CIO sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The British Society for the History of Mathematics (£16k), Hoskyns Memorial Hall (£16k) and Charity of the Reverend Andrew Cranston for a Library (£16k).