The Cheshire Military Museum

Analysis

The Cheshire Military Museum is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chester. It was registered in October 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, environment/conservation/heritage and armed forces/emergency service efficiency, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it sponsors or undertakes research and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Cheshire Military Museum reported income of £101k and spending of £68k, leaving 32% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £74k to £101k (+36%), an average of +7.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 87% 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 Cheshire Military Museum sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Music and Theatre for All (£101k), The Sir Stanley Spencer Memorial Trust (£101k) and The Heavy Tractor Group 37714 (£101k).