The Food Museum Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Food Museum Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Suffolk. It was registered in August 1972, 54 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 makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Food Museum Charitable Trust reported income of £13k and spending of £60, leaving 100% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £5,761 to £13k (+122%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 56% 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, The Food Museum Charitable Trust sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Acton (Middlesex) Educational Charity (£13k), The Friends of West Mersea Parish Church (£13k) and Clio's Company (£13k).