The Cook Museum Trust

Analysis

The Cook Museum Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in North Yorkshire. It was registered in May 1986, 40 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 trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending October 2025, The Cook Museum Trust reported income of £212k and spending of £237k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income fell from £218k to £212k (-2.5%), an average of -0.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2024, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 95% 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, The Cook Museum Trust sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Southwell Music Festival Limited (£212k), The Springhead Trust Limited (£213k) and The Crew Club (£212k).