The Wisbech and Fenland Museum

Analysis

The Wisbech and Fenland Museum is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wisbech. It was registered in January 1963, 63 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 provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Wisbech and Fenland Museum reported income of £92k and spending of £107k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £495k to £92k (-81%), an average of -34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 67%. Over the whole period it spent 111% 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 Wisbech and Fenland Museum sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Treorchy Male Choir (£92k), Tongwynlais Temperance Band (£92k) and The Royal Musical Association (£92k).

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.