Sudbury Museum Trust

Analysis

Sudbury Museum Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Suffolk. It was registered in April 1979, 47 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it provides advocacy/advice/information, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Sudbury Museum Trust reported income of £14k and spending of £17k, spending 122% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £3,278 to £14k (+322%), an average of +43% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 1454%. Over the whole period it spent 141% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Sudbury Museum Trust sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Friends of St Mary's Church, Batsford (£14k), Gisborough Priory Project Limited (£14k) and The Yorkshire Derwent Trust Limited (£14k).

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.