The Rectory Cottages (Bletchley) Museum Trust

Analysis

The Rectory Cottages (Bletchley) Museum Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Milton Keynes. It was registered in April 1967, 59 years ago. Its declared purposes cover accommodation/housing, arts/culture/heritage/science, environment/conservation/heritage and recreation, which this site groups under housing and shelter. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Rectory Cottages (Bletchley) Museum Trust reported income of £23k and spending of £17k, leaving 26% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £7,747 to £23k (+192%), an average of +31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 80%. Over the whole period it spent 74% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, The Rectory Cottages (Bletchley) Museum Trust 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 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ackworth Almshouse and Relief in Need Charities (£23k), The Harrier Association (£23k) and Smile for Miley (£23k).