Dean Heritage Museum Trust

Analysis

Dean Heritage Museum Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucestershire. It was registered in February 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, environment/conservation/heritage and recreation, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01931454). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Dean Heritage Museum Trust reported income of £572k and spending of £691k, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £356k to £572k (+61%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 84% 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, Dean Heritage Museum Trust sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Friends of Abingdon Abbey Buildings Trust (£571k), Theatre Porto (£572k) and The London Suzuki Group (£571k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 52%, trading 43%, investments 2.4% and donations and legacies 2.3%. Charitable activities took 87% of spending and raising funds 13%. Reserves of £327k would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 30 people.