Bath Postal Museum

Analysis

Bath Postal Museum is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bath. It was registered in March 1979, 47 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Bath Postal Museum reported income of £25k and spending of £3,786, leaving 85% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £14k to £25k (+81%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 151%. Over the whole period it spent 109% 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, Bath Postal Museum sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Arkwright Miners' Welfare Trust (£25k), Suzanne Logan Dance (£25k) and Digswell Arts Trust (£25k).