Tavistock Museum

Analysis

Tavistock Museum is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Tavistock. It was registered in August 2022, 4 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 advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Tavistock Museum reported income of £16k and spending of £11k, leaving 29% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2023 to December 2025, income grew from £3,100 to £16k (+425%), an average of +129% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 182%. Over the whole period it spent 110% 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, Tavistock Museum sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% 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 Great Mongeham Parish Hall (£16k), Memorial Hall (Chwilog) (£16k) and Powys Radnor County Federation of Womens Institutes (£16k).