Lawrence House Museum

Analysis

Lawrence House Museum is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Launceston. It was registered in November 1978, 48 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Lawrence House Museum reported income of £27k and spending of £34k, spending 126% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £70k to £27k (-62%), an average of -21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 95% 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, Lawrence House Museum sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Haydock Male Voice Choir (£27k), Burbage Band (Buxton) (£27k) and The European Academy Great Britain (£27k).

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.