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the banbury museum trust

The charity supports children and young people and the general public. The Banbury Museum Trust is a registered charity whose purpose is education and training. It delivers its work by providing buildings, facilities, or open space. The charity is based in Banbury and operates in Buckinghamshire, Gloucestershire, and various other locations.


This page summarises publicly available information about the charity, including its activities, beneficiaries, and registration details, based on official records.

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Activities & Mission

Banbury Museum is a purpose built museum, which displays historic collections relating to North Oxfordshire and beyond, and temporary exhibitions. The Museum engages a broad audience through an extensive programme of educational activities and also engages in historical research of both activities and collections. It offers professional museum advice to other museums and heritage projects.

Fundraising

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Financial Information

Latest Income
£649,990
Latest Expenditure
£640,089

Financial Efficiency

Program Ratio 78.9%
% of income going directly to charitable activities
Overall Efficiency 80.1%
% of expenditure going to programs (vs overhead)
Administrative Ratio 20.3%
Overhead (fundraising + governance) as % of total expenditure

Latest Financial Breakdown

Income Sources

Donations & Legacies £44,929
Charitable Activities £462,421
Other Trading £138,822
Investments £3,818
Other Income £0

Expenditure Categories

Charitable Expenditure £512,675
Raising Funds £127,414
Governance £2,645
Grants to Institutions £0
Other Expenditure £0

Financial Trend

Annual Returns

Financial YearIncomeExpenditureCharitable SpendingNet AssetsReservesStaff
2024£649,990£640,089£512,675£257,301£26,60720 / 39
2023£650,153£657,675£548,293£239,400£33,97119 / 39
2022£616,498£778,003£693,270£30,922£020 / 23
2021£660,346£518,361£477,838-£60,573£020 / 23
2020£598,798£674,121£586,879£23,442£23,44226 / 22

Staff column shows: Employees / Volunteers