Ipswich Transport Museum

Analysis

Ipswich Transport Museum is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ipswich. It was registered in October 1978, 48 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending February 2025, Ipswich Transport Museum reported income of £134k and spending of £103k, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to February 2025, income grew from £65k to £134k (+107%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2023, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Ipswich Transport Museum sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Share (Portsmouth) (£133k), Thames Rivers Trust (£135k) and Sheffield Botanical Gardens Trust (£131k).