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Heritage charity ratings

Historic buildings and national heritage. 156 heritage charities rated. This is the ranked list.

Choosing heritage support

1. PurposeRead the registered purpose to establish which heritage activities the organisation undertakes.
2. AccessCheck the specific programme’s location, eligibility and contact route; a directory category does not establish access.
3. EvidenceCompare the relevant programme’s results and financial period, with definitions and evidence of follow-up.

Selection questions from CharityCompare. Confirm current services with the charity; Clarity Scores assess financial and disclosure proxies, not programme effectiveness.

Understand impact evidence

Charity	Score	Cause spend	Income	Scope
HARTLEBURY CASTLE PRESERVATION TRUST	100	96%	£612k	Local
ST BARTHOLOMEW'S HERITAGE	99	93%	£5.7m	Local
THE HISTORICAL DIVING SOCIETY	99	97%	£596k	UK-wide
JANE AUSTEN'S HOUSE MUSEUM	98	83%	£2.0m	Local
MILTON KEYNES MUSEUM TRUST LIMITED	98	95%	£763k	Local
THE NATIONAL TRUST FOR PLACES OF HISTORIC INTEREST OR NATURAL BEAUTY	97	91%	£766m	UK-wide
MIGRATION MUSEUM PROJECT	97	87%	£1.8m	UK-wide
ARMY FLYING MUSEUM LIMITED	96	73%	£1.3m	Local
CHILTERN OPEN AIR MUSEUM LIMITED	96	95%	£952k	Local
THE NORTON PRIORY MUSEUM TRUST LIMITED	96	83%	£734k	Local
THE HORNIMAN PUBLIC MUSEUM AND PUBLIC PARK TRUST	94	89%	£10m	Local
TULLIE HOUSE MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY TRUST	94	91%	£6.2m	Local
Yorkshire Air Museum & Allied Air Forces Memorial	92	64%	£1.5m	UK-wide
ROYAL BOROUGH OF GREENWICH HERITAGE TRUST	92	99%	£977k	Local
THE MUSLIM CULTURAL HERITAGE CENTRE (MCHC) TRUST	92	90%	£931k	Local
THE GREEK CATHEDRAL TRUST FUND	92	97%	£505k	Local
SHEFFIELD MUSEUMS TRUST	91	87%	£5.5m	Local
NEWARK (NOTTINGHAMSHIRE AND LINCOLNSHIRE) AIR MUSEUM LIMITED	90	68%	£918k	Local
THE FOUNDLING MUSEUM	89	81%	£2.0m	Local
THE SALISBURY AND SOUTH WILTSHIRE MUSEUM TRUST	89	80%	£1.8m	Local
AMBERLEY MUSEUM & HERITAGE CENTRE	89	70%	£1.3m	Local
PENDEEN COMMUNITY HERITAGE	89	99%	£851k	Local
THE HERITAGE OF LONDON TRUST LIMITED	89	88%	£808k	Local
HISTORIC ROYAL PALACES	88	83%	£139m	UK-wide
CHAILEY HERITAGE FOUNDATION	88	99%	£18m	UK-wide
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART LIMITED	88	83%	£3.1m	UK-wide
THE CORNWALL HERITAGE TRUST LIMITED	88	86%	£1.2m	Local
THE FREUD MUSEUM LONDON	88	87%	£797k	Local
THE SPRING ARTS AND HERITAGE CENTRE	88	98%	£712k	Local
DEAN HERITAGE MUSEUM TRUST	88	84%	£603k	Local
RAGGED SCHOOL MUSEUM TRUST	88	83%	£589k	Local
NATIONAL COAL MINING MUSEUM FOR ENGLAND TRUST LTD	87	85%	£4.4m	Local
THE TRAMWAY MUSEUM SOCIETY	87	75%	£2.4m	UK-wide
THE JEWISH MUSEUM LONDON	87	98%	£848k	Local
ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL	86	86%	£26m	Local
SIR JOHN SOANE'S MUSEUM	86	72%	£4.2m	UK-wide
WORTHING THEATRES & MUSEUM	85	83%	£5.8m	Local
Portsmouth Historic Quarter Trust	85	95%	£4.6m	Local
FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH HERITAGE	85	92%	£951k	UK-wide
CASTLE HOWARD ARBORETUM TRUST	85	99%	£590k	Local
THE ENGLISH HERITAGE TRUST	84	73%	£155m	UK-wide
IRONBRIDGE GORGE MUSEUM TRUST LIMITED	84	81%	£9.2m	Local
THE SOUTH WEST HERITAGE TRUST	84	98%	£5.2m	Local
American Museum & Gardens	84	81%	£2.7m	Local
FRIENDS OF WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL	84	89%	£1.2m	Local
THE LIBRARY AND MUSEUM CHARITABLE TRUST OF THE UNITED GRAND LODGE	84	97%	£916k	UK-wide
THE NATIONAL MOTOR MUSEUM TRUST LIMITED	83	90%	£3.6m	UK-wide
THE MUSEUMS ASSOCIATION	83	100%	£2.2m	UK-wide
BISHOP'S STORTFORD MUSEUM AND ARTS CIO	83	91%	£1.3m	Local
ROYAL AIR FORCE MUSEUM	82	80%	£19m	UK-wide
WEALD AND DOWNLAND OPEN AIR MUSEUM LIMITED	82	73%	£3.4m	Local
BRYMBO HERITAGE TRUST	82	100%	£1.5m	Local
THE WELLS CATHEDRAL CHORISTER TRUST	82	90%	£512k	Local
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WALES	81	89%	£49m	Local
LONDON TRANSPORT MUSEUM LIMITED	81	66%	£20m	Local
WEST SOMERSET RAILWAY HERITAGE TRUST LTD	81	100%	£3.0m	UK-wide
The Food Museum	81	81%	£2.1m	Local
CATHEDRAL MUSIC TRUST	81	81%	£1.2m	UK-wide
ROYAL ARTILLERY MUSEUM	81	100%	£825k	Local
MUSEUM OF LONDON	80	50%	£129m	Local

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