Exhibition of the History of Legal Robes and Costumes

Analysis

Exhibition of the History of Legal Robes and Costumes is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 1970, 56 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Exhibition of the History of Legal Robes and Costumes reported income of £11k and spending of £15k, spending 129% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £10k to £11k (+14%), an average of +3.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 95%. Over the whole period it spent 102% 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, Exhibition of the History of Legal Robes and Costumes sits at the 35th percentile: it is larger than about 35% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Stokesley and District Choral Society (£11k), Calderdale Theatre School Association (£11k) and Harbury Women's Institute (£11k).