NATIONAL JUSTICE MUSEUM
Registered charity 1030554 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GALLERIES OF JUSTICE, HELP A NOTTINGHAMSHIRE CHILD, MUSEUM OF LAW, MUSEUM OF LAW TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL CENTRE FOR CITIZENSHIP AND THE LAW (NCCL), NCCL GALLERIES OF JUSTICE
To maintain the heritage site of the Shire Hall and its collections for access by the general public to learn about the law and its history. Through Education programmes, deliver citizenship (legal literacy, community involvement, understanding social and moral rights and responsibilities), history, crime prevention, to young people.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity achieved a net deficit of £18,913 for the year, though a surplus of £117,412 was recorded after adding back non-cash depreciation. Unrestricted reserves decreased to £315,473, which is below the trustees' stated long-term objective to build reserves covering 3-6 months of expenditure.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: 3-6 months of expenditure (held: £315k)
“It is the Trustees’ long term objective to build up sufficient reserves to cover 3-6 months of expenditure within five years.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The Group has taken advantage of the exemption under S.33 1A of FRS 102 from disclosing transactions entered into between two or more members of the group as the subsidiary is fully owned.
“The Group has taken advantage of the exemption under S.33 1A of FRS 102 from disclosing transactions entered into between two or more members of the group as the subsidiary is fully owned.” — page 42
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by PKF Smith Cooper Audit Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£181k
Reported reserves equal ~2.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (76% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 9.8% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- PAUL BOWDEN LLB LLMchair
- Ben Phillip Matthew Yallop
- Clive Foster
- Helen Emmett · trustee of 1 other charity
- His Honour Roger Graham Chapple
- JENNIFER SPENCER · trustee of 2 other charities
- Jennifer Ann Chapman
- Lily Walker-Parr
- Nicholas Williams
- Struan Duncan Campbell
- Vanessa Rachael Shaw · trustee of 1 other charity
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is NATIONAL JUSTICE MUSEUM financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a net deficit of £18,913 for the year, though a surplus of £117,412 was recorded after adding back non-cash depreciation. Unrestricted reserves decreased to £315,473, which is below the trustees' stated long-term objective to build reserves covering 3-6 months of expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by PKF Smith Cooper Audit Limited.
Who funds NATIONAL JUSTICE MUSEUM?
Funders whose own accounts filings name NATIONAL JUSTICE MUSEUM as a grant recipient include NATIONAL ART COLLECTIONS FUND, THE DJANOGLY FOUNDATION, THE CHARLES LITTLEWOOD HILL TRUST, THE THOMAS FARR CHARITY, THE JONES 1986 CHARITABLE TRUST.
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