TENBY MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY

Registered charity 1169435 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q117007795

To promote the education of the public by the provision of a museum to collect, document, preserve, exhibit and interpret material evidence and associated information predominantly of local interest.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY THE PROVISION OF A MUSEUM OR MUSEUMS TO COLLECT DOCUMENT PRESERVE EXHIBIT AND INTERPRET MATERIAL EVIDENCE AND ASSOCIATED INFORMATION PREDOMINANTLY OF LOCAL INTEREST.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Pembrokeshire, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£93k
Latest spending
£118k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £41,775 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £143,326 to £101,551. The trustees acknowledge ongoing financial challenges and note that the museum had to dip into reserves to cover losses. Despite staffing reductions and a temporary closure for building works, the trustees maintain that the museum remains financially viable.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 12
  • Government income: £12,310 — contracts £6,155 (2), grants £6,155 (2); 13% of the £93,195 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 12
  • Government income: £7,700 — contracts £4,700 (1), grants £3,000 (2); 7% of the £116,364 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 18
  • Government income: £45,037 — grants £45,037 (11); 39% of the £115,090 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Pembrokeshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£93k£118k
31/12/2024£116k£140k
31/12/2023£115k£132k
31/12/2022£109k£134k
31/12/2021£120k£101k

Common questions

Is TENBY MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £41,775 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £143,326 to £101,551. The trustees acknowledge ongoing financial challenges and note that the museum had to dip into reserves to cover losses. Despite staffing reductions and a temporary closure for building works, the trustees maintain that the museum remains financially viable. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund11/05/2020£9k"COVID19 Tenby Museum and Art Gallery"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund29/01/2014£10k"Tenby Remembers"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund21/08/2007£5k"The project is to extend educational facilities at a museum. The money is for audio equipment, studio hire and translation costs."
The National Lottery Heritage Fund24/11/2000£18k"Girl of the Fields - Acquisition"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund22/03/2000£22k"Tenby Museum Access to Collections Project"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund03/02/2000£60k"Tenby Museum Access for All Project 2000"

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Bexhill Museum.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
TENBY MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY£93k—0unclear—no doubt
Bexhill Museum FY2025£322k—0unclear—noted
THE TOWCESTER MUSEUM FY2025£36k—0unclear—no doubt
Petersfield Museum and Art Gallery Limited FY2025£341k—0below—no doubt
MUSEUM OF BRANDS FY2025£851k—0below—no doubt
QUEER BRITAIN MUSEUM LTD FY2025£589k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.