The Fitzwilliam Museum Development Trust

Analysis

The Fitzwilliam Museum Development Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in April 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01895684). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending July 2025, The Fitzwilliam Museum Development Trust reported income of £12k and spending of £8,749, leaving 25% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income fell from £18k to £12k (-36%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2025, when income dropped by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 500% 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, The Fitzwilliam Museum Development Trust sits at the 35th percentile: it is larger than about 35% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Stourbridge Theatre Company Limited (£12k), Friends of All Hallows (£12k) and The Quangle Wangle Choir (£12k).