The British Balloon Museum and Library Limited

Analysis

The British Balloon Museum and Library Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Maidenhead. It was registered in December 1980, 46 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01519771). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The British Balloon Museum and Library Limited reported income of £13k and spending of £28k, spending 208% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £5,656 to £13k (+137%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 458%. Over the whole period it spent 70% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, The British Balloon Museum and Library Limited sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% 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 Toft Newton Village Hall Association (£13k), Bishopston Primary Home School Association (£13k) and 3rd Bingley (All Saints Church) Sea Scouts (£13k).