The Royal Hampshire Regiment Museum

Analysis

The Royal Hampshire Regiment Museum is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Winchester. It was registered in March 1977, 49 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 provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Royal Hampshire Regiment Museum reported income of £45k and spending of £106k, spending 235% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £29k to £45k (+56%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 220% 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 Royal Hampshire Regiment Museum sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Frecheville Community Centre (£45k), The Federation of Polish Student Societies in the United Kingdom (£45k) and Performance Workshop (£45k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.