Tenterden and District Museum Association

Analysis

Tenterden and District Museum Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Tenterden. It was registered in August 2021, 5 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, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Tenterden and District Museum Association reported income of £26k and spending of £15k, leaving 41% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2025, income fell from £44k to £26k (-41%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 85% 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, Tenterden and District Museum Association sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Basement Studio (£26k), Burnham on Crouch University of the Third Age (U3a) (£26k) and West Hill Community Association (£26k).