Friends of the Wilson, Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum

Analysis

Friends of the Wilson, Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucestershire. It was registered in May 1984, 42 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 March 2026, Friends of the Wilson, Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum reported income of £27k and spending of £70k, spending 262% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £68k to £27k (-61%), an average of -21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 129% 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 Wilson, Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Warminster U3a (£27k), Liverpool Brass Band (Formby) (£27k) and Plumley Village Hall (£27k).

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.