Herbert Ellis Norris Library and Museum

Analysis

Herbert Ellis Norris Library and Museum is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in St Ives. It was registered in November 1973, 53 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 human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Herbert Ellis Norris Library and Museum reported income of £91k and spending of £133k, spending 146% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £65k to £91k (+41%), an average of +8.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 129% 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, Herbert Ellis Norris Library and 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 The Barbara Whatmore Charitable Trust (£91k), Nottinghamshire Federation of Womens Institutes (£91k) and Walsall Bangladeshi Progressive Society (£91k).

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.