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Friends of Kettering Art Gallery and Museum

RegisteredRegistered charity number 216048NorthamptonshireArts, culture, heritage and science
Income£22k2025-12-31
Spending£14ksame year
Spent / received103%5-year average
Size in its cause51st pctArts, culture, heritage and science
Registered1963Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Friends of Kettering Art Gallery and Museum is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Northamptonshire. It was registered in June 1963, 63 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. It says it makes grants to organisations, acts as an umbrella or resource body and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Friends of Kettering Art Gallery and Museum reported income of £22k and spending of £14k, leaving 37% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £13k to £22k (+66%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 102%. Over the whole period it spent 103% 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, Friends of Kettering Art Gallery and Museum sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Woking Symphony Orchestra (£22k), Old Village Hall Charity (£22k) and Aston by Stone Village Hall (£22k).

Income and spending

£0£9,213£18k£28k£37k2021 Income: £13,0282021 Spending: £17,78620212022 Income: £18,2212022 Spending: £17,13020222023 Income: £36,8522023 Spending: £31,71620232024 Income: £19,2752024 Spending: £32,40220242025 Income: £21,6732025 Spending: £13,6762025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

TO FURTHER THE WORK OF KETTERING ART GALLERY AND MUSEUM AND TO HELP MAKE THEM MORE WIDELY KNOWN, UNDERSTOOD AND ENJOYED;TO HELP STRENGTHEN THE COLLECTIONS OF THE ART GALLERY AND MUSEUM BY GIFT AND PURCHASE, CONSERVATION AND CATALOGUING;TO PROMOTE CULTURAL AND ARTISTIC ACTIVITIES IN THE KETTERING AREA, INCLUDING ORGANISING MEETINGS, VISITS AND TALKS ON RELEVANT SUBJECTS.

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Woking Symphony OrchestraCobham£22k
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