Godalming Museum Trust

Analysis

Godalming Museum Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in December 1985, 41 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 01968010). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Godalming Museum Trust reported income of £50k and spending of £47k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £62k to £50k (-19%), an average of -5.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 197%. Over the whole period it spent 77% 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, Godalming Museum Trust sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Knutsford Heritage Centre (£50k), Northampton Bach Choir (£50k) and Gargrave Agricultural and Horticultural Society Ltd (£50k).