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Amersham Museum Limited

Registered · see notesRegistered charity number 288865AmershamArts, culture, heritage and science
Income£139k2025-12-31
Spending£193ksame year
Spent / received122%5-year average
Size in its cause82nd pctArts, culture, heritage and science
Registered1984Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Amersham Museum Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Amersham. It was registered in March 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01790935). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Amersham Museum Limited reported income of £139k and spending of £193k, spending 139% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £122k to £139k (+14%), an average of +3.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 129%. Over the whole period it spent 122% 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, Amersham Museum Limited sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Asmall Nursery (£139k), Clapham Pottery Limited (£139k) and The Brecknockshire Agricultural Society (£139k).

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.

Income and spending

£0£62k£123k£185k£247k2021 Income: £121,5182021 Spending: £128,92620212022 Income: £212,2522022 Spending: £166,41220222023 Income: £79,9762023 Spending: £161,91520232024 Income: £183,4262024 Spending: £246,84220242025 Income: £138,7552025 Spending: £192,8052025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The object of the charity is to advance public education in relation to the history of Amersham and the surrounding area, principally by the operation of a museum.The charity owns the Amersham Museum which is situated at 49 and 51 High Street, Amersham, Bucks. It is open from Easter to the end of October.

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Asmall NurseryOrmskirk£139k
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The Brecknockshire Agricultural SocietyPowys£139k
Comm.unLondon£139k