The Light Dragoons Heritage Trust (Museum of the Light Dragoons)

Analysis

The Light Dragoons Heritage Trust (Museum of the Light Dragoons) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newcastle Upon Tyne. It was registered in April 1977, 49 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, 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 April 2025, The Light Dragoons Heritage Trust (Museum of the Light Dragoons) reported income of £33k and spending of £21k, leaving 37% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £127k to £33k (-74%), an average of -29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 267%. Over the whole period it spent 43% 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 Light Dragoons Heritage Trust (Museum of the Light Dragoons) sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Caerwedros Village Hall (£33k), Harbury Village Library (£33k) and Bow Village Hall and Field (£33k).