Association for Suffolk Museums

Analysis

Association for Suffolk Museums is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ipswich. It was registered in April 1986, 40 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Association for Suffolk Museums reported income of £27k and spending of £51k, spending 190% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £86k to £27k (-69%), an average of -26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 112% 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, Association for Suffolk Museums 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 Tanfield Lea and District Community Association (£27k), Bristol Gilbert & Sullivan Operatic Society (£27k) and Theatre Lab Company (£27k).