Mersea Island Museum Trust

Analysis

Mersea Island Museum Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Colchester. It was registered in August 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Mersea Island Museum Trust reported income of £13k and spending of £10k, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £3,787 to £13k (+253%), an average of +37% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 457%. Over the whole period it spent 94% 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, Mersea Island Museum Trust sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Philomusica of Gloucestershire and Worcestershire (£13k), Aquarius Womens Club (£13k) and Derwent Valley Wind Band (£13k).