Friends of the Braintree District Museum and Heritage Trust

Analysis

Friends of the Braintree District Museum and Heritage Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in August 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Friends of the Braintree District Museum and Heritage Trust reported income of £16k and spending of £17k, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £8,536 to £16k (+86%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 107%. Over the whole period it spent 100% 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 the Braintree District Museum and Heritage Trust sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include D&s Productions (£16k), Maltby Miners' Welfare Band (£16k) and Plymouth City Brass (£16k).