Friends of Lyme Regis Philpot Museum

Analysis

Friends of Lyme Regis Philpot Museum is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lyme Regis. It was registered in December 1979, 47 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides other finance, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Friends of Lyme Regis Philpot Museum reported income of £11k and spending of £11k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £9,135 to £11k (+21%), an average of +4.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 138% 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, Friends of Lyme Regis Philpot Museum sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Opera Nova (£11k), Wetherby and District Silver Band (£11k) and The British Croatian Society (£11k).

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.