Newarke Houses Museum

Analysis

Newarke Houses Museum is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicester. It was registered in January 1983, 43 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.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Newarke Houses Museum reported income of £20k and spending of £237k, spending 1201% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £572 to £20k (+3348%), an average of +142% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 497%. Over the whole period it spent 1988% 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, Newarke Houses Museum sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Carlisle Community Choir (£20k), King's Lynn U3a (£20k) and The Little Theatre Cleadon (£20k).

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.