The Bury Athenaeum

Analysis

The Bury Athenaeum is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bury. It was registered in October 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Bury Athenaeum reported income of £61k and spending of £51k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £26k to £61k (+137%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 96%. Over the whole period it spent 86% 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 Bury Athenaeum sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Underwired (£61k), Iron Guidance Limited (£61k) and The Gloucester (1682) Charitable Trust (£61k).