Ashford Borough Museum Society

Analysis

Ashford Borough Museum Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in January 1988, 38 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. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Ashford Borough Museum Society reported income of £18k and spending of £23k, spending 125% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £72k to £18k (-75%), an average of -29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income dropped by 63%. Over the whole period it spent 114% 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, Ashford Borough Museum Society sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ilminster Literary Festival (£18k), Meir Heath and Rough Close Village Hall (£18k) and St Neots Players (£18k).

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.