THE THURSFORD COLLECTION
Activities
As described by the charity on the register
The Thursford Collection operates as a steam engine and organ museum and conducts a Christmas Spectacular Show in Thursford Norfolk.
Latest income
£8.6m
Expenditure
£7.3m
Financial year end
2025-03-31
Income & spending history
As reported to the Charity Commission, by financial year end
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-03-31 | £968k | £2.6m | |
| 2022-03-31 | £6.0m | £5.4m | |
| 2023-03-31 | £9.0m | £6.9m | |
| 2024-03-31 | £8.6m | £7.2m | |
| 2025-03-31 | £8.6m | £7.3m |
Latest detailed return
Year end 2025-03-31 · consolidated (group) figures
Income mix
| Donations & legacies | £0 |
| Charitable activities | £6.0m |
| Trading | £2.4m |
| Investment income | £174k |
| Total income | £8.6m |
Spending
| Charitable spend | £5.3m |
| Raising funds | £2.0m |
| Grants to institutions | £0 |
| Governance | £27k |
| Total expenditure | £7.3m |
Balance sheet
| Reserves | £4.2m |
| Total funds | £16.5m |
| — restricted | £0 |
| — unrestricted | £16.5m |
| — endowment | £0 |
| Total assets | £16.5m |
| Cash | £2.7m |
People
| Employees | 89 |
Classification
The charity's own register classification
What it does
- Education/training
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Environment/conservation/heritage
Who it helps
- The General Public/mankind
How it works
- Other Charitable Activities
Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales register, 2026-07-28. Detailed figures as filed in the charity's annual return. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.