Friends of Gressenhall - the Norfolk Rural Life Museum

Analysis

Friends of Gressenhall - the Norfolk Rural Life Museum is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dereham. It was registered in March 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Friends of Gressenhall - the Norfolk Rural Life Museum reported income of £22k and spending of £26k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £4,100 to £22k (+444%), an average of +53% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 119%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Friends of Gressenhall - the Norfolk Rural Life Museum sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Finchley Society (£22k), Friends of Great Missenden Parish Church (£22k) and Friends of the Parish Church of St Dionysius Market Harbrough (£22k).