The Wells Museum

Analysis

The Wells Museum is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wells. It was registered in August 2023, 3 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, 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.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Wells Museum reported income of £80k and spending of £118k, spending 148% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2024 to December 2025, income fell from £540k to £80k (-85%), an average of -85% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 85%. Over the whole period it spent 37% 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, The Wells Museum sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ricnic (£80k), The Marriotts Warehouse Trust (£80k) and Burnley Light Opera Society (£80k).