The Charles Burrell Museum

Analysis

The Charles Burrell Museum is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norfolk. It was registered in November 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides other finance, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Charles Burrell Museum reported income of £16k and spending of £16k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £18k to £16k (-6.3%), an average of -1.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 92% 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 Charles Burrell Museum sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Stamford Choral Society (£16k), Bude Women's Institute (£16k) and Brightwalton Village Hall (£16k).