SOUTH YORKSHIRE TRANSPORT MUSEUM LTD

Registered charity 1049895 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SHEFFIELD BUS MUSEUM TRUST LIMITED

Museum of Transport-vehicles and other related items. Exhibition and restoration with an emphasis on education.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£108k
Latest spending
£144k
Registered
1995
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £660,012, significantly exceeding the reserves policy target of £11,600 required for the PSV operator license. This increase was largely driven by a £476,645 revaluation of heritage assets, as operational activities resulted in a net expenditure of £35,873. The trustees confirm there are no material issues regarding going concern and that the charity has adequate resources for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £11,600 (held: £660k)
The South Yorkshire Transport Museum reserves policy is to ensure that the bank balance does not fall below the amount required to comply with the terms of our PSV operators license. This being £11,600. — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Barnsley · Derbyshire · Doncaster · Nottinghamshire · Rotherham · Sheffield City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£108k£144k
31/12/2024£115k£143k
31/12/2023£119k£142k
31/12/2022£99k£130k
31/12/2021£92k£92k

Common questions

Is SOUTH YORKSHIRE TRANSPORT MUSEUM LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £660,012, significantly exceeding the reserves policy target of £11,600 required for the PSV operator license. This increase was largely driven by a £476,645 revaluation of heritage assets, as operational activities resulted in a net expenditure of £35,873. The trustees confirm there are no material issues regarding going concern and that the charity has adequate resources for the foreseeable future. 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 Fund30/10/2007£48k"South Yorkshire Transport Heritage Coming Your Way"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund20/02/2002£22k"Sheffield Bus Museum - educational and access provision"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund04/12/2000£8k"Sheffield Bus Museum"

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
LONDON TRANSPORT MUSEUM FRIENDS2£645k
THE MASTER CHARITABLE TRUST1£733k
KUSUMA TRUST UK1£130k
THE FINNIS SCOTT FOUNDATION1£750

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LONDON TRANSPORT MUSEUM LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SOUTH YORKSHIRE TRANSPORT MUSEUM LTD£108k0aboveno doubt
LONDON TRANSPORT MUSEUM LIMITED FY2025£19.9munclearno doubt
ASTON MANOR ROAD TRANSPORT MUSEUM LIMITED FY2025£143k0belowno doubt
THE EAST ANGLIA TRANSPORT MUSEUM SOCIETY LIMITED FY2024£273k0withinno doubt
YORKSHIRE DALES RAILWAY MUSEUM TRUST (HOLDINGS) LIMITED FY2025£4.2m0unclear7.6%no doubt
THE MUSEUMS ASSOCIATION FY2025£2.2maboveno doubt

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