Southend Pier Museum Foundation Trust Limited

Analysis

Southend Pier Museum Foundation Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Southend-On-Sea. It was registered in December 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 company (Companies House number 02400655). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Southend Pier Museum Foundation Trust Limited reported income of £18k and spending of £13k, leaving 29% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2,180 to £18k (+724%), an average of +69% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 123%. Over the whole period it spent 87% 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, Southend Pier Museum Foundation Trust Limited sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The C.f.a. Voysey Society (£18k), Morpeth Music Society (£18k) and Bideford Town Band (£18k).