Museum of Cambridge

Analysis

Museum of Cambridge is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in July 1968, 58 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. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00412205). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Museum of Cambridge reported income of £276k and spending of £300k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £207k to £276k (+33%), an average of +7.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 101% 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, Museum of Cambridge sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Royal Signals Museum (£276k), Chelmsford Cultural Development Trust (£276k) and Penmaenmawr Historical Society and Museum (£276k).

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.