THE PEACE MUSEUM

Registered charity 1061102 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Peace Museum, in its galleries and travelling exhibitions, tells the stories of peace, peacemakers and the peace movement. Using its collection of over 16,000 artefacts, it engages in educational outreach and promotes peace and justice locally, nationally and internationally through its work with schools, community groups, peace organisations and other peace museums throughout the world.

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Latest income
£237k
Latest spending
£267k
Registered
1997
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £10,037 for the year ended 31 December 2025, following the receipt of Exhibition Tax Relief. Per the trustees' report, total income was £237,195 against total expenditure of £267,439, resulting in an increase in total reserves to £135,842. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £111k; policy: one half of normal annual expenditure of unrestricted funds)
“The Peace Museum has around £111,000 in unrestricted reserves as at 31st December 2025.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Aggregate donations from related parties were £50.
“Aggregate donations from related parties were £50 (2024: £Nil). There are no donations from related parties which are outside the normal course of business and no restricted donations from related parties.” — page 35
“One of the trustees is also a trustee of The Commonweal Trust, which reimburses The Peace Museum for salary and related costs for the Collection Development Worker and the Outreach Worker.” — page 35
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The Commonweal Trust reimburses The Peace Museum for salary and related costs for the Collection Development Worker and the Outreach Worker.
“Aggregate donations from related parties were £50 (2024: £Nil). There are no donations from related parties which are outside the normal course of business and no restricted donations from related parties.” — page 35
“One of the trustees is also a trustee of The Commonweal Trust, which reimburses The Peace Museum for salary and related costs for the Collection Development Worker and the Outreach Worker.” — page 35
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£658k
Total spending
£741k
Cost of raising funds
£3k
Reserves (reported)
£85k
Employees
8

Reported reserves equal ~1.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (84% 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: 0.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£237k£267k
31/12/2024£658k£741k
31/12/2023£219k£258k
31/12/2022£135k£200k
31/12/2021£236k£141k

Common questions

Is THE PEACE MUSEUM financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £10,037 for the year ended 31 December 2025, following the receipt of Exhibition Tax Relief. Per the trustees' report, total income was £237,195 against total expenditure of £267,439, resulting in an increase in total reserves to £135,842. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE PEACE MUSEUM?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE PEACE MUSEUM as a grant recipient include THE JOSEPH ROWNTREE CHARITABLE TRUST, W F SOUTHALL TRUST, THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITY, ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT MUSEUMS, C B AND H H TAYLOR 1984 TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE JOSEPH ROWNTREE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£20kWhat is Peace?
W F SOUTHALL TRUSTFY2022£10kPeace and Reconciliation
W F SOUTHALL TRUSTFY2023£7kPeace and Reconciliation
THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITYFY2022£5kReligion
W F SOUTHALL TRUSTFY2024£5kPeace and Reconciliation
ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT MUSEUMSFY2022£4kProtecting the Peace Museum’s Collection for the Future: The buildings that currently house the collection are no longer fit for purpose and the collection is m
C B AND H H TAYLOR 1984 TRUSTFY2022£500
BRIGHOUSE WEST YORKSHIRE AREA QUAKER MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) IN BRITAINFY2024£400Donations to non-Quaker bodies: Peace Museum
BRIGHOUSE WEST YORKSHIRE AREA QUAKER MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) IN BRITAINFY2023£400Donations to non-Quaker bodies
ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT MUSEUMSFY2023£300AIM Training Grants
BRIGHOUSE WEST YORKSHIRE AREA QUAKER MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) IN BRITAINFY2025£300

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund12/12/2025£192k"A radical approach to crafting the future of The Peace Museum"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund19/07/2022£246k"#DYC IMAGINE: Creating The Peace Museum of the Future"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund21/11/2019£7k"Bombs...away! Examining the impact of the bombing of civilians during the Second World War"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund18/06/2018£5k"A Flawed Peace? Exploring the heritage of the post-war peace"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund22/10/2013£8k"Building our Future: development and integration of a fundraising road map for the Peace Museum"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund19/10/2012£10k"Routes to Peace Heritage Trail"

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 THE MUSEUMS ASSOCIATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE PEACE MUSEUM£237k—0below—no doubt
THE MUSEUMS ASSOCIATION FY2025£2.2m——above—no doubt
EMPATHY MUSEUM FY2025£339k—0unclear—no doubt
THE NATIONAL MOTOR MUSEUM TRUST LIMITED FY2024£3.6m——unclear—no doubt
KING'S OWN ROYAL BORDER REGIMENT MUSEUM FUND FY2025£218k—0unclear—no doubt
LONDON TRANSPORT MUSEUM LIMITED FY2025£19.9m——unclear—no doubt

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