Dover Transport Museum Society

Analysis

Dover Transport Museum Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dover. It was registered in June 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 01690404). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Dover Transport Museum Society reported income of £154k and spending of £107k, leaving 30% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £106k to £154k (+45%), an average of +9.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 74% 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, Dover Transport Museum Society sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sudden Productions (£154k), Mawdesley and Neighbouring Villages University of the Third Age (U3a) (£154k) and Devizes Outdoor Celebratory Arts (£154k).