Friends of the Ironbridge Gorge Museum

Analysis

Friends of the Ironbridge Gorge Museum is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Telford. It was registered in March 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Friends of the Ironbridge Gorge Museum reported income of £36k and spending of £60k, spending 165% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £34k to £36k (+6.2%), an average of +1.5% a year. Over the whole period it spent 135% 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 Ironbridge Gorge Museum sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bredhurst Village Hall (£36k), Sandhutton Village Hall (£36k) and Janet Dickson Art Foundation Trust (£36k).

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.