King's Lynn Civic Society

Analysis

King's Lynn Civic Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in King's Lynn. It was registered in March 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, 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, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, King's Lynn Civic Society reported income of £10k and spending of £12k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2,834 to £10k (+259%), an average of +38% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 200%. Over the whole period it spent 99% 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, King's Lynn Civic Society sits at the 32nd percentile: it is larger than about 32% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 31st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Marlborough Choral Society (£10k), Windsor Theatre Guild (£10k) and The Cuckfield Society (£10k).