Harris Free Public Library and Museum Endowment Trust

Analysis

Harris Free Public Library and Museum Endowment Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Preston. It was registered in February 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Harris Free Public Library and Museum Endowment Trust reported income of £22k and spending of £1,160, leaving 95% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £15k to £22k (+48%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 8.4% 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, Harris Free Public Library and Museum Endowment Trust sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% 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 Sussex Voiceworks (£22k), Buckland Park Play Association (£22k) and Rode and District Memorial Hall (£22k).