Friends of the Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke on Trent

Analysis

Friends of the Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke on Trent is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Staffordshire. It was registered in August 1978, 48 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, environment/conservation/heritage and recreation, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides other finance and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Friends of the Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke on Trent reported income of £21k and spending of £12k, leaving 42% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £5,195 to £21k (+310%), an average of +42% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 629%. Over the whole period it spent 94% 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, Friends of the Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke on Trent sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Stratford-Upon-Avon Symphony Orchestra (£21k), Village Hall (£21k) and The Breadsall Church Heritage Trust (£21k).