The Suffolk Regiment Museum and Trust Fund

Analysis

The Suffolk Regiment Museum and Trust Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Suffolk. It was registered in June 1978, 48 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. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Suffolk Regiment Museum and Trust Fund reported income of £52k and spending of £91k, spending 176% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £40k to £52k (+31%), an average of +7.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 124% 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 Suffolk Regiment Museum and Trust Fund sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Sunderland Museums (£52k), Kenninghall Memorial Hall (£52k) and Stoke-On-Trent Repertory Players (£52k).

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.