Ashwell Village Museum

Analysis

Ashwell Village Museum is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Herts. It was registered in June 1976, 50 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 trust. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Ashwell Village Museum reported income of £14k and spending of £30k, spending 209% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £15k to £14k (-3.7%), an average of -0.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 123% 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, Ashwell Village Museum sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lostwithiel Town Band (£14k), The Parson Woodforde Society (£14k) and Wylye Village Hall (£14k).