Bushey Museum Trust

Analysis

Bushey Museum Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bushey. It was registered in May 1986, 40 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 incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Bushey Museum Trust reported income of £35k and spending of £61k, spending 174% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £155k to £35k (-77%), an average of -31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 189%. Over the whole period it spent 35% 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, Bushey Museum Trust sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Church Monuments Society (£35k), Dunvant Male Choir (£35k) and The Olympia Charitable Trust (£35k).