Somerset Cricket Museum Limited

Analysis

Somerset Cricket Museum Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Somerset. It was registered in April 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01888986). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Somerset Cricket Museum Limited reported income of £17k and spending of £27k, spending 158% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £4,483 to £17k (+274%), an average of +39% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 126%. Over the whole period it spent 134% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Somerset Cricket Museum Limited sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Minchinhampton Cricket Club (£17k), Derby South District Scout Council (£17k) and Stockbridge Town Hall CIO (£17k).

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.