Ingatestone Museum Trust

Analysis

Ingatestone Museum Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in March 2021, 5 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes 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 acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Ingatestone Museum Trust reported income of £47k and spending of £50k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £2,000 to £47k (+2239%), an average of +120% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 2537%. Over the whole period it spent 97% 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, Ingatestone Museum Trust sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Armoury Conservation Trust (£47k), Corby Amateur Theatrical Society (£47k) and 1st Pontefract Scout Group (£47k).

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.