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Woodchurch Museum Trust

RegisteredRegistered charity number 800959WoodchurchArts, culture, heritage and science
Income£21k2025-12-31
Spending£22ksame year
Spent / received82%5-year average
Size in its cause51st pctArts, culture, heritage and science
Registered1989Trust
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Woodchurch Museum Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Woodchurch. It was registered in April 1989, 37 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, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Woodchurch Museum Trust reported income of £21k and spending of £22k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £29k to £21k (-27%), an average of -7.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 100%. Over the whole period it spent 82% 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, Woodchurch Museum Trust sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% 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 Nene Valley Dance Festival (£21k), The Stamford Gilbert and Sullivan Players (£21k) and The Watford and District University of the Third Age ( U3a ) (£21k).

Income and spending

£0£7,350£15k£22k£29k2021 Income: £29,4002021 Spending: £12,35020212022 Income: £5,5862022 Spending: £12,37320222023 Income: £02023 Spending: £020232024 Income: £02024 Spending: £020242025 Income: £21,3802025 Spending: £21,6062025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

** Has now been superseded by Woodchurch Heritage CIO Trust Charity# 1193824 ** The trust operates a museum and study centre covering the social history of the parish of Woodchurch and its immediate environment, from the earliest times to the present. It also offers outreach services to schools and other organisations.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Nene Valley Dance FestivalNorthamptonshire£21k
The Stamford Gilbert and Sullivan PlayersLincolnshire£21k
The Watford and District University of the Third Age ( U3a )Watford£21k
Tavistock Heritage TrustDevon£21k